Fry trap collector

[mwilliams62]

Also I think my rotifers are no good too.... Sandy where did you order your rotifers' from ?
L - Type or the S- Type?

 

[edandsandy]

I caught only 10 and looks like they all died except for one but probably on his way out when I looked in the bucket he was going in circles.
I turned everything off at 9:20is then waited about 30 min turned on my little light and saw a cardinal that had got through my contraption well scopped him out and fixed the barracde so they could not get through again.. Waited and waited they would only hatch like 1-3 at a time all the way till 1am and I gave up. There were eggs left on the rock when I went to bed but when I got up all was gone. I am trying to check the videos that I downloaded to photobucket before I post them...

How old are your pair again???
How long have they been laying eggs????

Also I think my rotifers are no good too.... Sandy where did you order your rotifers' from ?
L - Type or the S- Type?

Have you collected a sample to see if their still alive?

I use the L type Rotifers..... I purchase them from my LFS... BUT they purchase them from Reed Mariculture..
I feed them RG complete...

http://reedmariculture.com/order_form.html

 

[mwilliams62]

Fry trap collector

How old are your pair again???
How long have they been laying eggs????

They are about 2yrs old because I think I got them when they were about 6mons old.
They started laying eggs a 3 months ago this was batch #7.


Have you collected a sample to see if their still alive?
I have but some looked good and did not.
I guess I will need to get a new culture and start over with the Rotifiers. I
have been feeding mine the Rotigrow Plus stuff from Reed.

I use the L type Rotifers..... I purchase them from my LFS... BUT they purchase them from Reed Mariculture..
I feed them RG complete...

http://reedmariculture.com/order_form.html

 

[mwilliams62]

Fry trap collector

I hope this will post here is a short video of the eggs that were on the rock on Day #9.

 

[edandsandy]

Sometimes the fry just hatch on day 9.... Do you have your trap ready?
Their working the nest just like their suppossed to....

 

[Reef*freak]

Where did u buy the trap ??

 

[mwilliams62]

I borrowed mine from a fellow reefer here in houston.

 

[mwilliams62]

Fry trap collector

Where did u buy the trap ??

Chad Vossen makes them just google his name and he will send you a link to purchase one from him.

 

[mwilliams62]

Well she just laid another batch will try again. Poor Mr. Nemo he gets very little rest between batches.

 

[rgfast]

I had same problem your having so maybe this will help, I have a pair that will only lay on the glass. So I built a snagger much like the one you are using with very little success, I notice fly would swim around top of snagger but not many would go back down to openning.

picture gen. one snagger

So I built new design with openning at top, for this I used black arcylic so light could only be seen from openning. This works like a charm, I do not turn light on for at least 1 hour after lights out as to not delay hatch. I learned this the hard way, if you turn light on any sooner it can turn into a two hatch

pictures gen. two snagger

hope this helps

 

[edandsandy]

Nice looking collector you developed...

 

[mwilliams62]

Okay guys check this out....
Cardinal in fry trap:



As I was setting up last night to collect this guy thought he would have a free dinner.. I do not even know how he got in there.