Comments on: DIY Egg Tumbler http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/ www.canadafishtank.com Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:43:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marcel http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Marcel Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:58:54 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-1022 I've tried using a thin nylon sock to block the debris, but I found that the knit was too tight and it clogged very quickly. A small swatch of window screen netting seems to work best for me. I’ve tried using a thin nylon sock to block the debris, but I found that the knit was too tight and it clogged very quickly. A small swatch of window screen netting seems to work best for me.

]]> By: D http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 D Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:18:50 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-1021 thanks alot.Found a easy way to attach the tumbler to the tank. i bought a pack of suction cups at the hardware store and used ea drill bit the same size as the suction cup . Ii hand threaded it through the clear six inch chamber than popped in the suction cup. works and looks great. thanks alot.Found a easy way to attach the tumbler to the tank. i bought a pack of suction cups at the hardware store and used ea drill bit the same size as the suction cup . Ii hand threaded it through the clear six inch chamber than popped in the suction cup. works and looks great.

]]> By: Jolene http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Jolene Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:57:05 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-1020 Hi Marcel, Do you think hosiery would be a good material for the mesh and double it up if you had too? would that be enough to air the eggs and stop debris coming in to the chamber? Just found my bangai male with eggs ! Thank you so much for your information this has helped greatly quick and easy instructions. Jolene Hi Marcel,

Do you think hosiery would be a good material for the mesh and double it up if you had too? would that be enough to air the eggs and stop debris coming in to the chamber?

Just found my bangai male with eggs !

Thank you so much for your information this has helped greatly quick and easy instructions.

Jolene

]]> By: Marcel http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Marcel Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:02:36 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-1019 If the fry are fully formed I will usually leave them in a floating fry trap with an air stone for aeration, but if their egg sac is still visible, I'll put them in the tumbler. To put the eggs into the tumbler, I just twist the egg compartment off and use a turkey baster to transfer the fry. I'm sure there must be another way to do this, so if you have developed one, like a trap door, or egg port or something else, please share it with us! Once the fry are in there I make a point of not taking it apart, so as to not chance spilling the fry in the main tank. If I need to add more fry I'll just use another tumbler. Marcel If the fry are fully formed I will usually leave them in a floating fry trap with an air stone for aeration, but if their egg sac is still visible, I’ll put them in the tumbler.

To put the eggs into the tumbler, I just twist the egg compartment off and use a turkey baster to transfer the fry.

I’m sure there must be another way to do this, so if you have developed one, like a trap door, or egg port or something else, please share it with us! Once the fry are in there I make a point of not taking it apart, so as to not chance spilling the fry in the main tank. If I need to add more fry I’ll just use another tumbler.

Marcel

]]> By: D http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:59:43 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-1018 Just wondering how you get the eggs in the tumbler. I usually pop the female in a separate container. Any info would help thanks. Just wondering how you get the eggs in the tumbler. I usually pop the female in a separate container. Any info would help thanks.

]]> By: stayce http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-794 stayce Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:02:23 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-794 thanks this was very easy to make.I added the mesh to the bottom to help prevent debris from going in. I am excited to try this when my bangii cardinals have eggs again!! thanks this was very easy to make.I added the mesh to the bottom to help prevent debris from going in. I am excited to try this when my bangii cardinals have eggs again!!

]]> By: Marcel http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Marcel Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:17 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-759 Hi Ben! I'm glad you found the article useful. Good idea with the hamster tubes! They are probably a lot stronger than the fluro tube covers. It's fine if the eggs are sitting on the mesh, as long as they are still swaying or have some indication of water flow. I usually set the air flow to have them softly bouncing off the bottom, up to about half of the chamber. This is most important in the first week. After they have eyes and tails and can motor around you won't have to watch it as closely. -=Marcel=- Hi Ben!
I’m glad you found the article useful. Good idea with the hamster tubes! They are probably a lot stronger than the fluro tube covers.

It’s fine if the eggs are sitting on the mesh, as long as they are still swaying or have some indication of water flow. I usually set the air flow to have them softly bouncing off the bottom, up to about half of the chamber.

This is most important in the first week. After they have eyes and tails and can motor around you won’t have to watch it as closely.

-=Marcel=-

]]> By: ben http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-750 ben Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:30:11 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-750 hi, marcel. thanx for your idea on the egg tumbler. i am still very new to malawi cichlids, so this helped me very much. my female abandoned the eggs after i moved her from my community tank to a seperate tank. i ended up using tubing to be used for building hamster mazes to construct the tumbler. after i moved the female on the Saturday she dropped the eggs in the tank from where i picked them up on the sunday, and by the monday evening you could make out the eyes and tail of the young fish. what would you consider to be the best medium for the young at this stage in the tumbler? is it ok for them now to be laying on the mesh at the bottom(when they move their tails they are suspended in the tumbler, but drop to the bottom as soon as they stop moving?) i still have a constant flow of air going through the tumbler which keeps them moving about without them making any movements(rolling about on the bottom mesh) is that a good for them or not? again thank you, i would appreciate any advice that could help me make the most of my fry. kind regards, ben hi, marcel. thanx for your idea on the egg tumbler. i am still very new to malawi cichlids, so this helped me very much. my female abandoned the eggs after i moved her from my community tank to a seperate tank. i ended up using tubing to be used for building hamster mazes to construct the tumbler. after i moved the female on the Saturday she dropped the eggs in the tank from where i picked them up on the sunday, and by the monday evening you could make out the eyes and tail of the young fish. what would you consider to be the best medium for the young at this stage in the tumbler? is it ok for them now to be laying on the mesh at the bottom(when they move their tails they are suspended in the tumbler, but drop to the bottom as soon as they stop moving?) i still have a constant flow of air going through the tumbler which keeps them moving about without them making any movements(rolling about on the bottom mesh) is that a good for them or not?

again thank you, i would appreciate any advice that could help me make the most of my fry.

kind regards,

ben

]]> By: wayne http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-657 wayne Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:17:47 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-657 If you use plastic fluorescent light tube clips and put sucko clips inside you can use 2 to hold that tube in place. You will need to use heater bracket sucko's. ;) If you use plastic fluorescent light tube clips and put sucko clips inside you can use 2 to hold that tube in place. You will need to use heater bracket sucko’s. ;)

]]> By: Marcel http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Marcel Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:53:33 +0000 http://canadafishtank.com/wp_marcel/2008/05/09/diy-egg-tumbler/#comment-449 That's a great idea Kai! The daily build up of detruis was a bit of a pain to clear out of the tube. Thanks for commenting! That’s a great idea Kai! The daily build up of detruis was a bit of a pain to clear out of the tube.
Thanks for commenting!

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