Interesting Idea, Hatchery And Autofeeder

[fawnmodel]

Found this today, could work in a larger fry tank I suppose, anybody used it? Its affordable...

http/www.aquariumpros.com/p-OEIHF,HIfb.html

 

[Amerce]

I bought one and yep it works sort of, the only problem is when you remove it to clean it you have to be so careful otherwise you end up with the a big mess in the tank. I didn't have the tank clearance on my fry tank to get it out without a lot of mess and spilled salt water and artemia shells all over the show.

So now I use decapsulated artemia and there is no mess.

 

[fawnmodel]

Ahh..I was wondering how long it lasts, a few days? Before cleaning and refilling? Might come in handy for a few days away from my babies...If you can let me know that would be great.

 

[JoLtNbolt]

I considered ordering one of these months ago until I read a bunch of unfavorable user reviews about it on some website. Try googling it and see what you find.

 

[Amerce]

It will be OK for a couple of days maybe more, the only problem I had was when I came to remove it from the tank, it's a pain to take out without loosing all the saline water (something you don't want with a fry tank).

 

[fawnmodel]

Ah I see, well I may pick one up from my local supplier, I see he has some listed. Perhaps ifI put a bucket under it when removing, I'll play with it and see if there is a way to test it before hand. Thanks!

 

[GuppyDude]

i like the idea, but from what iv heard they are real messy and unless u have a whole lot of fry (100+) its not worth the trouble

 

[ezrock]

hey. If this product works as described, it would be amazing. I've only read positive reviews so far. I don't see how the salt water and fresh water don't mix to be honest though. Does anyone know how it keeps the salt water and tank water from mixing?

-Ian

 

[Never2ManyBettas]

Salt water is heavier than fresh. More dense..... but I totally know what you mean.

 

[ezrock]

yeah. I still think there must be some mixing due to diffusion though. Probably small enough amount that it doesn't affect the tank water enough I found a supplier in my parents' town, so I'll be picking one up in a few weeks, next time I'm there.

-Ian

 

[JoLtNbolt]

I have the SF Bay shrimp hatchery which I love.

The shrimp eggs and salt go in the black box and the the other part of this contraption is a clear cylinder that has a cap with a small hole in it. You fill the cylinder with fresh tap water, and add the eggs, salt and tap water to the black box. After a few hours, the BBS hatch and go through the tiny hole in the cap of the cylinder towards light which shines in through the clear cylinder. The salt water stays in the box as it is heavier than the fresh tap water in the cylinder. Once there are enough BBS in the cylinder, just pull it out, take off the cap, and dump the water and BBS into your fry tank. You can fill the cylinder up with fresh water again and put it back into the black box. You can do this several times before the number of BBS collected drops off.

 

[ezrock]

ive heard that one has supremely low hatchout rates due to no water movement and low temperatures. I'll definitely try the other one!

-Ian

 

[ezrock]

HI. Does anyone who has this know what end of the scoop is for the salt and which is for the eggs? I see it takes more salt than eggs, so I would assume the large scoop is for eggs, but I don't like assuming anything, especially since it'll be used on my first successful betta spawn!

Thanks,

-Ian