Back after 7 months
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agsansoo
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As soon as they're only eating BBS, no more phyto in needed. The ones in the photo above grew larger right away. I started feeding them BBS on day 5. I do now believe feeding the parent more, increases the health of the fry. Clutch 12 and 13 were like night and day. Clutch 12 was very strong and clutch 13 was very weak.
agsansoo
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OK I'm a big knucklehead ! Fed Clutch 14 some fresh rotifers this morning and forgot to put the air stone back in the larvae tank. 
When I arrived home from work, hakf the larvae were dead and the water smelled bad .... Did a big water change and added more rotifers, plus a bubble wand. Hope all goes well for the night.
When I arrived home from work, hakf the larvae were dead and the water smelled bad .... Did a big water change and added more rotifers, plus a bubble wand. Hope all goes well for the night.
Lifes A Beach
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Andy, can you explain how your snagger works?
agsansoo
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Sure !
It's made from a rubbermaid plastic box 14"L x 7"W x 3.5" deep. A 4" pvc union with a plastic Mr. Coffee filter siliconed to the union. A rio-50 is placed into the coffee filter and than it's all lowered into the display tank the night of the larvae hatch-out. Oh, it held in place my a large algae magnet siliconed to the outside on the container. A LED moon light is pointed at the slot cut-out in the front of the plastic container. The larvae head for the light and get sucked into the slot.
How was that ?
It's made from a rubbermaid plastic box 14"L x 7"W x 3.5" deep. A 4" pvc union with a plastic Mr. Coffee filter siliconed to the union. A rio-50 is placed into the coffee filter and than it's all lowered into the display tank the night of the larvae hatch-out. Oh, it held in place my a large algae magnet siliconed to the outside on the container. A LED moon light is pointed at the slot cut-out in the front of the plastic container. The larvae head for the light and get sucked into the slot.
How was that ?
dazed
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pretty good couple of questions just to see if i understand this correctly;
So there is a slot or cut out in the front of the plastic box? maybe i just don't see it in the picture?
and the rio in the snagger is used to return the water to your tank & the coffee filter is so the larvae stay in the snagger?
Have you ever had a problem with the larvae getting stuck to the filter or is the flow from the rio slow enough not to be an issue?
I may have just confused myself:
agsansoo
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12926164#post12926164 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dazed
pretty good couple of questions just to see if i understand this correctly;
So there is a slot or cut out in the front of the plastic box? maybe i just don't see it in the picture?
and the rio in the snagger is used to return the water to your tank & the coffee filter is so the larvae stay in the snagger?
Have you ever had a problem with the larvae getting stuck to the filter or is the flow from the rio slow enough not to be an issue?
I may have just confused myself:
Yes, there is a 1/4" x 2" slot cut-out in the right side of the box.
Yes, the rio is the return pump and the plastic re-usable coffee filter keeps the larvae from being sucked into the rio pump.
No problem with larvae getting suck against the filter or being sucked in to the pump. Rio 50 flow is just strong enough to keep the larvae in the snagger.
The pvc/coffee filter make a good water change pump too. I stick it in the larvae tank to pump out old water. The filter again keep rotifers and larvae in the tank without the worries of sucking up little clownfish.
dazed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12926272#post12926272 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by agsansoo
The pvc/coffee filter make a good water change pump too. I stick it in the larvae tank to pump out old water. The filter again keep rotifers and larvae in the tank without the worries of sucking up little clownfish.
:thumbsup: i think i got it
I was just reading about almost the same thing in Joyce's book last night, she just used a siphon/gravity instead of the rio for doing water changes, i need to make something that works a little better & faster than rigid air line tubing.:eek2:
dazed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12922988#post12922988 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by agsansoo
As promised, a photo of my new DIY snagger. This is what I use to get the larvae out of display tank.
Ok; I finally see it, lol the cut-out on the right hand side is where the larvae enter the snagger correct?? Quick question; How do you keep them in there? They don't just swim in & out?
Or is the current from the rio pump enough to keep them in place once they are in there?
Sorry about all the questions but i am thinking of making one of these because i can not remove my current batch of eggs since she decided to lay them on the rocks this time.
agsansoo
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Yes, the slot on the right side is where the larvae enter. The current is just strong enough to keep them in the snagger. This works very well. Just remember to duct tape the moon light, covering the light. Then poke a small pin hole in the duct tape so just a very small amount of light goes through the duct tape and point the light at the slot ( very important ). Than have the entire fish tank room completely dark. The larvae will then head towards the moon light and get sucked into the snagger. Oh yea ... Make sure all pumps are off.
dazed
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Thanks for the information; i was looking at how to try and attach the snagger to the tank last night as i don't have a rimless tank which would make it easy; I have 2 cutouts on the top to try and deal with.
I was thinking of using the night light (led) from my tunze 7095 controller; and the smallest pump i have on hand that i can pull out of my refugium is a rio 180 but it is adjustable do you think i could make it work using these 2 items?
I was thinking of using the night light (led) from my tunze 7095 controller; and the smallest pump i have on hand that i can pull out of my refugium is a rio 180 but it is adjustable do you think i could make it work using these 2 items?
