If a fish lives 4000 or even 1000-2000 meters underwater, how do aquariums simulate the pressure of that without having the exhibit be actually that deep? Or are the fish able to adapt to the lower pressure environments?
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Pressure is an issue and it would be a difficult obstacle to overcome just based on the materials and design of most aquariums. Another obstacle however is temperature, at the depths you are talking about the ocean is roughly 0 degrees celsius. For reference I have a 100 gallon salt water tank where the fish all need the water at 26 degrees celsius, granted they are all considered tropical. I have yet to see an aquarium chiller that can lower a tank temperature to 0, although that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
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