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Hello,

the title says it all - I am interesting in your very own experience or insider knowledge, how you make baby shrimp grow fast. :cool-new:

- Imke

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From what I've read, the more protein you feed your shrimps the faster they grow. Not sure if that's true though.

Personally my surviving shrimplets are growing well with lots of moss certainly help them grow and feed them.

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The higher the temperature and the more food they can eat the faster they will grow... Up to a point, and then they die. Around 26 degrees should give fastest growth without getting to close to the point that they die.

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Ive been told by a very good source (he specialisea in commercial "salt" prawn farming), so pls take his words with a punch of "salt" .. LOL...

Usually the growth of decapods is more limited by a micronutrient than one of the majors (protein, fat, carbs).

Fat is the first one to restrict growth if any.

Organsims grow well and easily to their potential until something becomes limiting.

Often it can be a heavy metal or a vitamin.

All you can do is vary the diet.

A good test is to buy a fresh oyster - cut it into many small pieces and see how they respond.

This is the best source of heavy metals.

Vitamin rich foods - range of cooked vegetables or algae

Assume feeding preference is a sign of shortage.

No doubt temperature influences growth as well....

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for me the one thing that made shrimp grew super quick was the sera viformo. huge in protein. but their lifespan was also a lot shorter so i stopped using it.

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Thanks to @ll for your opinions.

Healthy environment and diverse food
that's for sure what shrimplets need to grow - however, I am really interested in details ;) The point is, that f.e. caridina cantonensis or paracaridina Princess Bee in their natural habitat live in very soft water with leaves only. F.e. the Princess Bee: The water parameters from the habitat in Vietnam are: pH 5.8-6.2 / 10-20µs / 19-25° Celsius.So, as we are often advised to monitor GH/KH and to feed them special food, I wonder what influences the molting cycles of the wild shrimp. Maybe rain season with the bringing in of new minerals to creeks is an important key...
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1. Good water quality.

2. While shrimp will SURVIVE in consistent parameters, obtaining and maintaining ideal parameters from the beginning is better for them.

3. Good diet of different sources of food.

4. higher temps within reason (too high isn't good)

5. lots of plants for micro-organisms for shrimplets to feed on.

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for me i have found that it is a group of things combined that make them grow faster.

food high in protein, small amounts twice a day

small water changes once a week

and strong lights to create big amounts of bio-film and algae.

but i have stopped trying to make them grow fast now and let everything happen naturally :)

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