Almost forgot.. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all those celebrating something. Here's to another year where we had the privilege to play with fish. Let's do it again.
@LRBaquatics I still have better luck moving the adults in comparison to the current egg traps I have. I am looking forward to playing with this design, though. 😁
I can't remember where I found the DIY system I use but its a combo of a penn plax Aqua Nursery and Hatchery Breeding Box and the fluval breeding box. I like the idea of the 3-D printed system you have come up with. Pretty soon with all your attachments you can do everything! Well done sir!
Thanks for explaining aspects like the flow and limitations that other people have not mentioned in their versions. It's cool to hear your spin and thoughts on this method! Another top notch video 💯
I've learned about automatic egg collecting through Blake's Aquatics and even ordered one of his custom 3-D printed collector, which works fabulously. But your design has a nice aesthetics and I would like to buy one.
Great episode! Very inspiring, and very good points. A very long time ago I experimented with egg traps for zebra danios, just based on my personal observations, only to later find out that what I designed was in principle identical to what was used in some laboratory and commercial breeding systems.
Love your design, much better than mine. Can not agree more on the higher slope, and the use of that kind of breeding box lift tube. I might redo mine with some of your ideas, but printable in vase mode. Great design, thanks for sharing
Awesome video, honestly I liked your non scripted opinion on it all. Genuinely convinced me when I get back to breeding fish, I’m not going to use an automatic fish collector
I have bred caridina and neocaridina but I don't really discuss it much. They functionally work like a livebearer so there aren't that many mechanics to cover unless you go down a rabbit hole of chemistry - and that's not my forte.
First time I saw it done was from Sydney’s Angels & Bennett’s Rainbows, where he combined the Penn-Plax fry separator box with the Fluval HOB breeder box
The system is awesome! Great design. Thanks much for working on it it really helped my little niche up here. To me the maintainence and upkeep to are a worthy time investment to keep optimal flow and egg health. Prospecting with the small version on some super red devil tetras here.
high quality stuff 😀 i prefer the passive egg trap and got the best results, but the active one definitely has its benefits aswell! i've made the experience that cpd eggs are very fragile, i stored them in a container with an air tube with medium output and all the eggs were destroyed by the movement overnight, maybe that can be a problem with the fluval box approach. my next tetra breeding project will be a small breeding container that floats in a bigger tank, the floor of the smaller container has holes for the eggs to fall through. i can't wait for the loxozonus video 🤩
Is the larger uplift tube with the air collar available for 3D printing? I use the fry tray that doesn't have the air manifold for eggs so I can add methylene blue separately from the tank. Essentially my process is condition fish, collect eggs for a few days, stop collection and add methylene blue. Having an uplift tube that doesn't necessitate the fry tray having an air manifold would be super useful! Sure I could use a fry tray with an air manifold and just turn off the uplift, but I already use a darker colored one I printed specifically to handle methylene blue and I like the extra space inside the tray :)
Whenever you upload I stop whatever I'm doing and watch your video, keep them coming! Amazing job! Edit: also please tetra breeding videos would be awesome, I have cardinals but everywhere on the internet says you basically need to perform a ritual to spawn them.
A turkey baster pairs very well with agitating whatever spawning media you use to encourage the eggs to come out through a gentle blowing and swishing. I use two spawning mops instead of plants because plants can die and don’t want to mess with dead plant material in a spawning tank. I do like your design, and have wanted to make my own, but just don’t have the resources to 3-d print like you do. Also debris collecting in the marina filter is problematic and I simply remove them once I collect them and place the eggs into a methylene blue solution until they hatch and have very good success. 2-3 drops of methylene blue into a Lees catch container and haven’t lost fry when they hatch out in that but have seen a huge jump in egg survival. I am not as worried about size classes because I am growing them at a lower temperature and they’ll take longer to grow and can then have a larger age variation. Though spawning once every two weeks isn’t a bad idea. I just need some more adults to make it worth while.
@ I am alive haha. I am hoping to make a couple here soon but will have to see. Really like your design. I was trying to find something like that online but didn’t have any luck. I’ve made a couple more improvements to my version that I have considered making a video on.
Curious about whether printing the drain with green filament and maybe some protruding sticks that you can wrap yarn around could act as spawning media which would take away the work with this setup. Maybe in a part 2?
@@MakeMoreFish Adding shrimp or putting the setup in hydrogen peroxide could potentially help with debris. I think a grid-like canopy shape on top of the drain would work better than the sticks. I might get green filament to try it out myself.
I wonder if a system like this would be useful for collecting shrimp larva from fan shrimp, I've had a few bamboo shrimp become berried but was never able to collect the larva from the water column.
I tried DIY automatic collector for CPDs and I can confirm that passive one is much better, at least for my small commercial operation. The problem with CPDs eggs is that they are a little bit sticky and many will stick to the slopes of collector.
@@TheAquariumLibrary no, as I said I am breeding about 30 different species. I wouldn't sell that many CPDs. That would be too risky. Other breeders I know who are focused only on 2-3 species and making CPDs try to breed 2000-3000 CPDs/month. My strategy is different.
For the uplift system, is there an internal diameter change that's equal to the silicone ID? If not won't eggs build up at the interface of the larger collection tube diameter and small ID of the silicone tube?
yes. The drain and the elbow underneath it smoothly transition to match the ID of the silicone tube, which, when fully inserted, ends up flush with a backstop.
One question that was left unanswered I think. Why not use the uplift system/tube from the 12” on the 6”? Just curious maybe the fine bubbles will do better?
Enabling the small collector to use a larger diameter tube would make it a little bit worse when using the smaller tube. Because I believe most people will (and should) use this in conjunction with an acrylic breeding box, the smaller tubing diameter would be the one to optimize for. It also just works as is. The smaller uplifts have more than enough power.
Is the egg collector for the spotted congo puffers going to be on the Patreon. I have a group of those puffers I'm breeding and would like to try these instead of the store bought trays I have.
That happened to me with most of the pencilfish. Their eggs are adhesive so what the collector usually picked up were freshly hatched fry rather than the eggs themselves.
@Chainchomp432 Be really careful about that... the drain cover is not fine enough to keep boraras from swimming through it. They will find their way underneath and could potentially be pulled into the tubing.
Almost forgot.. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all those celebrating something. Here's to another year where we had the privilege to play with fish. Let's do it again.
Babe, get up, new Lowell just dropped.
I appreciate both the sincerity and ingenuity that you have!
Yooooo it's like a crossover episode of the two people on UA-cam I watch most! Ivan and Lowell!
@ heeeey! Yeah, Lowell is awesome!
Something I've been doing and selling for 4 or 5 years now. Makes life very easy to breed fish
I use one of yours Blake, works great!
Really well done Lowell !!! I look forward to playing with both of these, and of course your next venture.
Thank you sir. I look forward to hearing how they work out for you. On to the next project!
Lowell, make me a fish raising robot companion this instant
on it.
I really like the uplift for the larger collector. They all look like excellent designs, I'm looking forward to playing with them. 😊
:)
I need to try one of these
@LRBaquatics I still have better luck moving the adults in comparison to the current egg traps I have. I am looking forward to playing with this design, though. 😁
Send me an email. I'll send you one to try.
I have my middle school aquaculture students watch all your videos! I can't wait to show them this one!
I love you man. My fav content creator in this hobby. Thank you for what you do and please never stop
That's very kind, thank you. I will continue for as long as I'm able.
I can't remember where I found the DIY system I use but its a combo of a penn plax Aqua Nursery and Hatchery Breeding Box and the fluval breeding box. I like the idea of the 3-D printed system you have come up with. Pretty soon with all your attachments you can do everything! Well done sir!
Thanks for explaining aspects like the flow and limitations that other people have not mentioned in their versions. It's cool to hear your spin and thoughts on this method! Another top notch video 💯
I love your ingenuity. Egg scattering fish are on my list to try. Thanks for another great video!
I've learned about automatic egg collecting through Blake's Aquatics and even ordered one of his custom 3-D printed collector, which works fabulously. But your design has a nice aesthetics and I would like to buy one.
I do like a nice aesthetic
Great episode! Very inspiring, and very good points. A very long time ago I experimented with egg traps for zebra danios, just based on my personal observations, only to later find out that what I designed was in principle identical to what was used in some laboratory and commercial breeding systems.
Love your design, much better than mine. Can not agree more on the higher slope, and the use of that kind of breeding box lift tube. I might redo mine with some of your ideas, but printable in vase mode. Great design, thanks for sharing
Great video and explanation on the pros and cons. Thanks for making and sharing.
as usual, very intuitive and innovative! our community is lucky to have you
Awesome video, honestly I liked your non scripted opinion on it all. Genuinely convinced me when I get back to breeding fish, I’m not going to use an automatic fish collector
I love simultaneously introducing and torpedoing my own product
Have thought of breeding any shrimp? Caradina,amano,Sulawesi,neocaradina?
I have bred caridina and neocaridina but I don't really discuss it much. They functionally work like a livebearer so there aren't that many mechanics to cover unless you go down a rabbit hole of chemistry - and that's not my forte.
First time I saw it done was from Sydney’s Angels & Bennett’s Rainbows, where he combined the Penn-Plax fry separator box with the Fluval HOB breeder box
Amazing work as always, thanks for sharing!
The system is awesome! Great design. Thanks much for working on it it really helped my little niche up here. To me the maintainence and upkeep to are a worthy time investment to keep optimal flow and egg health. Prospecting with the small version on some super red devil tetras here.
high quality stuff 😀
i prefer the passive egg trap and got the best results, but the active one definitely has its benefits aswell!
i've made the experience that cpd eggs are very fragile, i stored them in a container with an air tube with medium output and all the eggs were destroyed by the movement overnight, maybe that can be a problem with the fluval box approach.
my next tetra breeding project will be a small breeding container that floats in a bigger tank, the floor of the smaller container has holes for the eggs to fall through.
i can't wait for the loxozonus video 🤩
It hasn't been an issue for CPD eggs in my observation but what you're describing is a valid reason to choose the fry tray over the acrylic box.
Very true. If you can hear it (bubbling, gurgling) the pressure is too high. Always trying to find that happy medium!
Another fantastic video. I love the critical discussion and comparison between the two methods.
Dude, you are amazing. Thank you for all this.
Thanks for this information lowell! Im thinking if trying this, happy holidays sir.
Happy holidays to you!
Is the larger uplift tube with the air collar available for 3D printing? I use the fry tray that doesn't have the air manifold for eggs so I can add methylene blue separately from the tank. Essentially my process is condition fish, collect eggs for a few days, stop collection and add methylene blue. Having an uplift tube that doesn't necessitate the fry tray having an air manifold would be super useful! Sure I could use a fry tray with an air manifold and just turn off the uplift, but I already use a darker colored one I printed specifically to handle methylene blue and I like the extra space inside the tray :)
Yes it is. It's honestly a bit tricky to print because of its height, but with a solid brim it's doable.
Whenever you upload I stop whatever I'm doing and watch your video, keep them coming! Amazing job!
Edit: also please tetra breeding videos would be awesome, I have cardinals but everywhere on the internet says you basically need to perform a ritual to spawn them.
Yep, that's true. Gotta sacrifice a goat.
Aaaand already got my order placed 😎 thanks for this!
A turkey baster pairs very well with agitating whatever spawning media you use to encourage the eggs to come out through a gentle blowing and swishing.
I use two spawning mops instead of plants because plants can die and don’t want to mess with dead plant material in a spawning tank.
I do like your design, and have wanted to make my own, but just don’t have the resources to 3-d print like you do.
Also debris collecting in the marina filter is problematic and I simply remove them once I collect them and place the eggs into a methylene blue solution until they hatch and have very good success. 2-3 drops of methylene blue into a Lees catch container and haven’t lost fry when they hatch out in that but have seen a huge jump in egg survival.
I am not as worried about size classes because I am growing them at a lower temperature and they’ll take longer to grow and can then have a larger age variation. Though spawning once every two weeks isn’t a bad idea. I just need some more adults to make it worth while.
Hey, you're alive!
@ I am alive haha. I am hoping to make a couple here soon but will have to see. Really like your design. I was trying to find something like that online but didn’t have any luck. I’ve made a couple more improvements to my version that I have considered making a video on.
I'm a simple man, I see a new Lowell video, I freak the hell out. Single handedly convinced me it's time to invest in a printer and buy your files
Good. Join us.
Curious about whether printing the drain with green filament and maybe some protruding sticks that you can wrap yarn around could act as spawning media which would take away the work with this setup. Maybe in a part 2?
Maybe, but it would at best perform similarly to intact and healthy vegetation. Debris will still accumulate
@@MakeMoreFish Adding shrimp or putting the setup in hydrogen peroxide could potentially help with debris. I think a grid-like canopy shape on top of the drain would work better than the sticks. I might get green filament to try it out myself.
Insane levels of modular engineering going on here. Eggs straight into his breeding tray o.O
I wonder if a system like this would be useful for collecting shrimp larva from fan shrimp, I've had a few bamboo shrimp become berried but was never able to collect the larva from the water column.
Sure, something along these lines might help with that. I recall that Amano larvae are phototactic so that might help round them up too.
Straight up phenomenal, man.
He's done it again folks!
I tried DIY automatic collector for CPDs and I can confirm that passive one is much better, at least for my small commercial operation. The problem with CPDs eggs is that they are a little bit sticky and many will stick to the slopes of collector.
What’s a small commercial operation? 100 eggs a week?
@@TheAquariumLibrary small commercial operation for me is about 30 species, 5-10k fish sold every month
@@TheAquariumLibrary 5000-10000 fish produced every month. I breed around 30 species.
@@Malysandacz you’re doing 5,000-10,000 CPDs a month?
@@TheAquariumLibrary no, as I said I am breeding about 30 different species. I wouldn't sell that many CPDs. That would be too risky. Other breeders I know who are focused only on 2-3 species and making CPDs try to breed 2000-3000 CPDs/month. My strategy is different.
I believe this is a great solution either style great job. Thanks for sharing
Great design and layout, much better that the one I made out of a funnel. lol
Damn Lowell you da goat
For the uplift system, is there an internal diameter change that's equal to the silicone ID? If not won't eggs build up at the interface of the larger collection tube diameter and small ID of the silicone tube?
yes. The drain and the elbow underneath it smoothly transition to match the ID of the silicone tube, which, when fully inserted, ends up flush with a backstop.
Can i get the first one you made the passive collector in the uk?
I don't ship internationally but if you have any access to a 3D printer, you can have one made.
Ok thanks for the reply, Could you send me a file and I could get it printed?
One question that was left unanswered I think. Why not use the uplift system/tube from the 12” on the 6”? Just curious maybe the fine bubbles will do better?
Enabling the small collector to use a larger diameter tube would make it a little bit worse when using the smaller tube. Because I believe most people will (and should) use this in conjunction with an acrylic breeding box, the smaller tubing diameter would be the one to optimize for. It also just works as is. The smaller uplifts have more than enough power.
Is the egg collector for the spotted congo puffers going to be on the Patreon. I have a group of those puffers I'm breeding and would like to try these instead of the store bought trays I have.
Yes it is. It's large and a bit tricky to print though, just fair warning.
19:07 I've used other ones and always ended up with more fry at the bottom of the trap than in the box.
That happened to me with most of the pencilfish. Their eggs are adhesive so what the collector usually picked up were freshly hatched fry rather than the eggs themselves.
@ can’t wait to try this with my chili rasboras. Hope this cracks the code.
@Chainchomp432 Be really careful about that... the drain cover is not fine enough to keep boraras from swimming through it. They will find their way underneath and could potentially be pulled into the tubing.
You're my favourite notification btw
That would work
You make great videos
Yusss.....Thank you!
I want to be you when I grow up Lowell . I'm 46 years old.
Just.....WOW!
I am a simple guy, I see a Lowell video, I click
In the video with the egg trap, did you condition the CPDs separately? Or together?
Together but in a tank with no good places to spawn.
I look forward to lowell new video than Christmas
Awesome stuff!!!
Yessss!! 👏👏👏
should do a colab with fishtory.
Okie dokie
I use guppy grass
Should at least acknowledge the folks that came up with the concept, all good tho there’s a better way of doing this for all egg scatterers :)
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@@MakeMoreFishdiymike was the first with UA-cam, it just needs a orange juice container and some stainless mesh
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Bom trabalho mano?
First! 😂