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Old 04-11-2008, 10:54 AM   #12 (permalink)
Ulli Bauer
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Originally Posted by oblongshrimp View Post
If you keep the temp higher they breed faster but they will be fine at those temps.
Hi,

the fact that they breed faster at higher temps is due to the shrimp's metabolism rate, which depends directly on the temperature. They virtually "live" faster at higher degrees F. The downside is that they also die earlier.

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Ulli
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