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Re: High Temperature = Dead Shrimp
I seriously doubt that 80-82 degrees F would harm your shrimp. I keep them
in one tank with fish that prefer warmer water, and the tank runs 81*F year
round. No problem with keeping the shrimp alive. Do you have a fish in the
tank that might be pecking at them? Angelfish, for example, can wipe out a
tank of shrimp very quickly. Have you used any anti-parasite medications, or
medicated flakes, or snail killer chemicals in the tank? If you add any of a
number of chemicals, it's Sayonara, Shrimp!
> I recently found 4 dead Caridina japonica in my tank.
>
> The only reason for their deaths that I can think of
> is a high tank temperature. I'm not sure if it was a
> combination of the lights heating the tank and a
> heater problem (Visitherm) or what. I do know that it
> was up to about 80 or 82 for awhile.