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Posted by: erico at Tue Aug 16 10:41:59 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by erico ] Actually, I have kept adult diamondbacks (obtained as adults)in fresh water for years. My theory is that skin disorders observed in fresh water are due more to a relatively delicate skin, rather than the absence of salt water, although I have heard that a little salt in the water helps prevent skin disorders in many different aquatics, although this hasn't been confirmed by a controlled study to my knowledge. Tropical fish owners often use a little special salt in the water for this purpose. What IS hard to do sometimes, is to acclimate wild-caught adults to a captive diet that is not intensive in molluscs. | ||
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