Well, actually, Aquatic Adaptation is like already HAVING the adaptations needed to survive in an aquatic environment, but I like YOUR interpretation as well...it's like a specialized underwater version of Reactive Adaptation, which is cool.
I think I'll go with yours.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)