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05/27/2007, 06:56 PM
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Egg Tumbler
When I was trying to figure a good way to collect the newly hatched larvae of my orchid dottybacks, I looked to my African cichlid tanks and came up with an idea. What about collecting the eggs instead. i built a tumbler out of some old undergavel filter parts and some nylon and placed it into a small tank with the eggs inside. A few days later I had an almost 100% hatch rate.
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06/29/2007, 07:14 AM
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have any pictures you can share? I am a little confused still.
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06/29/2007, 07:22 PM
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Egg tumblers are quite commonly used for dottybacks. Some people also make a kreisel for tumbling their eggs.
I made a simple tumbler out of a 5g tank and a cut up 2L soda bottle. You can use air, but some species do not do well with air bubbles. Another option is to use a very low flow water pump, with the intake screened off with a fine enough screen to protect any newly hatched larvae.
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06/30/2007, 02:09 PM
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Always good to be able to DIY such things. The commercial tumblers, McDonald Hatching Jars, run around $70 or so. Looking forward to seeing your DIY version when you return
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