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Old 06-02-2003, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Samw
Hi Mak.
WRT spawning under stress. I don't doubt that it could happen. But I'm a believer that more often than not, animals require optimum conditions to spawn. But I can see how it may be hard to think that a tank can go to optimum breeding condition after 8 hours of a water change.
Actualy this has been well documented in dozzens of types of marine organisims. it is a servival mechanisim. Anemone, Urchins, ect.. when stressed may release eggs/split in order to increase the chances of there species survival.

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