Automated fry catcher sucess!

[mwilliams62]

Rarely do they hatch on day 7.. I have only had that happen one time for them to hatch on day 7 only because the tank temp had been like 82-84 for the entire week.

 

[sassAwrasse]

I wanted to share some pictures of the catcher in action.

daytime before the hatched.


fry inside the catcher.


I've emptied the catcher 3 times so far and it's still filling up.

 

[mwilliams62]

Wow you got a lot of little fry there... Congrats...

 

[sassAwrasse]

thanks. Those pictures only show a portion of them. I emptied the fry catcher 5 times total over the span of 4.5 hours.

 

[saltyjo]

Wow did you ever catch a ton. Good luck with them!

 

[sassAwrasse]

Wow did you ever catch a ton. Good luck with them!

Thanks! I counted 53 dead 1dph, and 10 dead 2dph. Shocked that there were so many dead, but there's still loads of them in there.

 

[saltyjo]

It looks like those clarkis lay big clutches. My Perculas lay around a little over a hundred eggs so when I have 35 like I do now past meta I am so excited! Cant wait to see how your batch develops!

 

[sassAwrasse]

They laid again last night. I"m going to be a busy babysitter.:wildone:

 

[mwilliams62]

My percs were laying exactly 2 days after the eggs were all gone from the rock now they are laying on day 4 after all the eggs are gone..

 

[Mark...]

Here is list of videos...

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Chad+Vossen+Larval+Snagger&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35

 

[coraltastic]

That awsome I might have to try to make one of those.

 

[Fsarmien]

whoa thats awesome

 

[GreshamH]

That awsome I might have to try to make one of those.

$35 is pretty reasonable for purchasing one considering the time it'll take you to acquire parts for, as well as make it.

 

[Jamey1010]

Any reason this wouldn't work with seahorse's we've had our 3 girls for a year and a half and plan to add a male from the breeder to try our skills/luck

 

[mwilliams62]

Automated fry catcher success!

Automated fry catcher success!

Any reason this wouldn't work with seahorse's we've had our 3 girls for a year and a half and plan to add a male from the breeder to try our skills/luck

I could be totally wrong about this but don't think you could use it for Seahorse babies.
You might want to check the section for Seahores for breeding info.

 

[Matt1351]

Awesome product. Such a great idea!! I'll have to pick one up!

 

[HARRYO]

Hey, that's a great idea.

 

[Mr. Wiggles]

I built my own larval catcher, it really wasn't too hard to do. I also constructed an acrylic kreisel recently too. Check it out.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2469088