I love your mindset of completely over engineering a solution to a problem that only lasts 3-5 days until the CPDs are able to feed on baby brine shrimps.
Nah, this is actually a long-term time saver cause now he can hook this thing up to ANY fry try he wants and not have to manually feed that tray of fry several times a day. A high quality powder food or something similar mixed into water should work very well as a reasonably long-term feeding solution for fry under 1 month.
This is a great idea. Thanks for the video. You gave me the idea for using the bags not for feeding frys but for dripping formalin to cure stringy fungus during quarentine
We've gotten a bit too hooked on "easy" in this hobby if you ask me. Sometimes I feel like applying disproportionate effort to get marginally better results. For the love of the game.
I love these out of the box ideas and projects. Do you happen to know the doubling time for the paramecium? I wonder, with a big enough container, can the dosing be timed to both keep the fry fed and the paramecium culture at the same density. I guess it keeps the media from fouling, if anything 🤷♂️.
Hmm. I guess regardless of container size, you’d probably reach some sort of equilibrium where the rate of paramecium decrease matches the rate of paramecium increase for the same time frame. But the paramecium density that the fry get might end up being too low in that scenario.
With a large enough culture I think yes, you could reach some kind of equilibrium. The need for paramecium, at least for me, tends to spike for a few days then diminish. So I need high delivery capacity for a shorter time
It's The Incredible Machine - Fry Edition! 💜 What a brilliant use of tech to save time and sanity. Truly, thank you for putting this vid out there and encouraging the rest of us fish nerds to continue thinking outside the box.
I had this same idea, but I don't have peristaltic pump, but there are free 3D printables. My issue with peristaltic pumps is that the tubing needs to be remebered to change every now and then. Great to see that this actually works!
I like the idea of the I/V drip bags. What is you put ana airline in the bag with just enough aeration to keep the paramecium dispersed in the water? IT would be a simpler system.
I thought about doing that to keep the mixture more homogeneous. They tend to not do well with much water agitation but I would bet it's a function of duration. A bag meant to drain by the end of a day would probably survive that long with very light aeration. I haven't personally tried it so if you do, let me know how it goes. What I tried instead was blacking out the upper 80% of the bag in case the paramecium were attracted to overhead lighting. It made no difference.
Great video and as always, a superb narration. Hey, how on earth did you get such a huge spawn of CPDs? Mine are more like trickle spawners and don't find such a large batch at one time.
They were conditioned for a couple of weeks. Males and females were housed together but without an attractive place to spawn. As soon as the egg trap was introduced they all spawned at once. There were also, I think, 6 females. That's a lot of capacity for egg production.
Have any plans to work on a brine shrimp solution similar? I currently use a doser and brine shrimp hatchery and it works ok. Wonder what your thoughts are to “get more time back” in the fish room. 😁
Not for brine shrimp currently because their perishability and the composition of the hatchery water, but the idea is certainly appealing. Increasing the frequency of feedings is really the motivator, beyond time savings. I have to sleep and work. The auto doser doesnt
That's the idea, ya. Monitor the culture density and swap out to a different one when it gets low. Give each time to repopulate. At the current schedule I'm guessing these will last 2, maybe 3 days before thinning out
Nice video!. You can lower price using arduino/esp232 and 12v peristaltic pumps, coding (or help of chat gpt)/soldering skills required. Got in plans that.
Because of their perishability and the salt/mineral content of the hatching water, I would say it would not be practical to auto dose. Not at the scale that I would use it
Welp, I now see that you abandoned the drip bag to do the peristoltic pump after all :) I'm still curious about using a drip method to feed continuously throughout the day. Perhaps many trays, perhaps larger foods ... I may exerient with dripping repashy powder mixed constantly with bubbling air for some fry.
I love your mindset of completely over engineering a solution to a problem that only lasts 3-5 days until the CPDs are able to feed on baby brine shrimps.
Nah, this is actually a long-term time saver cause now he can hook this thing up to ANY fry try he wants and not have to manually feed that tray of fry several times a day.
A high quality powder food or something similar mixed into water should work very well as a reasonably long-term feeding solution for fry under 1 month.
This is the way
^ this
I Just love how many videos you are posting this days
I'm seeing how many videos I can make with one group of CPDs and a healthy regimen of stimulants. At least two more.
please keep us updated on these CPD's and all inventions you make along the way. Would love to see them grow
They're alive and well into brine shrimp now. The ordeal continues
This is genuinely brilliant, and your videos are such a pleasure to watch!
This is why I keep coming back. Your doing a grate job.
This is a great idea. Thanks for the video. You gave me the idea for using the bags not for feeding frys but for dripping formalin to cure stringy fungus during quarentine
Lowell's next video waiting room
The paramecium dispenser is real!
3 videos in 2 weeks? damn, christmas came early this year
Truly an underrated innovator.
oh! something like this might be able to work for feeding my dwarf seahorses' next batch of fry!
This is brilliant.
Taking over-engineering to the max, love the mindset!
We've gotten a bit too hooked on "easy" in this hobby if you ask me. Sometimes I feel like applying disproportionate effort to get marginally better results. For the love of the game.
I love it 😂 what a neat little system. You have given me lots of inspiration good sir and I really appreciate your humor 😂
One of my favorite channels! Doesn't even matter the size, the content is amazing!
I love these out of the box ideas and projects. Do you happen to know the doubling time for the paramecium? I wonder, with a big enough container, can the dosing be timed to both keep the fry fed and the paramecium culture at the same density. I guess it keeps the media from fouling, if anything 🤷♂️.
Hmm. I guess regardless of container size, you’d probably reach some sort of equilibrium where the rate of paramecium decrease matches the rate of paramecium increase for the same time frame. But the paramecium density that the fry get might end up being too low in that scenario.
With a large enough culture I think yes, you could reach some kind of equilibrium. The need for paramecium, at least for me, tends to spike for a few days then diminish. So I need high delivery capacity for a shorter time
@@MakeMoreFish that’s a good point. Are they attracted to light like bbs?
thank you for the new knowledge and perspectives. truly the goat of fish youtube
Brilliant idea... be perfect for those tiny hard to keep fry if you have a busy work schedule... I like the top up jar to. Really good safety net
It's The Incredible Machine - Fry Edition! 💜 What a brilliant use of tech to save time and sanity. Truly, thank you for putting this vid out there and encouraging the rest of us fish nerds to continue thinking outside the box.
When I show something weird I love reading the wild ideas people start coming up with in the comments. It gets very creative
Awesome!
That's such amazing idea. Thanks for sharing
I had this same idea, but I don't have peristaltic pump, but there are free 3D printables. My issue with peristaltic pumps is that the tubing needs to be remebered to change every now and then.
Great to see that this actually works!
That is quite cool!
Please, make more fish with your extra time 🤣
Can do. More fish in the way
@@MakeMoreFish 😁 Your fish are wonderful!
👍🏻👍🏻
That's cool
If you want to make sure its an even amount of baby brines then you could get a magnetic stirrer and keep that going 😂
This guy gets it
This is great! I wonder if it could be used for other live food cultures as well. The timings could all be adjusted for non-fry.
Some of them, yes. Maybe with more maintenance
I like the idea of the I/V drip bags. What is you put ana airline in the bag with just enough aeration to keep the paramecium dispersed in the water? IT would be a simpler system.
I thought about doing that to keep the mixture more homogeneous. They tend to not do well with much water agitation but I would bet it's a function of duration. A bag meant to drain by the end of a day would probably survive that long with very light aeration. I haven't personally tried it so if you do, let me know how it goes. What I tried instead was blacking out the upper 80% of the bag in case the paramecium were attracted to overhead lighting. It made no difference.
@@MakeMoreFish Thanks for the reply and thoughts.
Great video and as always, a superb narration. Hey, how on earth did you get such a huge spawn of CPDs? Mine are more like trickle spawners and don't find such a large batch at one time.
They were conditioned for a couple of weeks. Males and females were housed together but without an attractive place to spawn. As soon as the egg trap was introduced they all spawned at once. There were also, I think, 6 females. That's a lot of capacity for egg production.
@@MakeMoreFish Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.
Might have to give this a try 😁
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Have any plans to work on a brine shrimp solution similar? I currently use a doser and brine shrimp hatchery and it works ok. Wonder what your thoughts are to “get more time back” in the fish room. 😁
Not for brine shrimp currently because their perishability and the composition of the hatchery water, but the idea is certainly appealing. Increasing the frequency of feedings is really the motivator, beyond time savings. I have to sleep and work. The auto doser doesnt
Fry raising system can work with rosy barb
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Nice video. Question - do you store fish food in room temperature? Or in the fridge?
Typically room temperature unless it's a very large quantity that will take me a long time to use. Those I might freeze
Nice work, nerd.
You're a nerd
@@MakeMoreFish Takes one to know one, lol
That double dosing pump is a great solution to keep the level consistent. Do you rotate out the culture jars to keep their numbers up?
That's the idea, ya. Monitor the culture density and swap out to a different one when it gets low. Give each time to repopulate. At the current schedule I'm guessing these will last 2, maybe 3 days before thinning out
Is you angelfish project almost done?
Daym
Hi @MakeMoreFish What is the paramecium specimen. I cant find where you said that, was it Bursaria? Thanks
I use caudatum
@@MakeMoreFish thank you, you are the best 😊
Hey look buddy, I am a “fishkeeper” that means I solve problems
Nice video!. You can lower price using arduino/esp232 and 12v peristaltic pumps, coding (or help of chat gpt)/soldering skills required. Got in plans that.
4 pump units are only about $60 and they're wifi controllable. I do love arduinos though.
If you cycle the dirty fish water back into the culture would it create a perpetual fry feeder?
Well it would keep the water level topped off, but probably introduce contaminants to the culture and I prefer to avoid that.
Have you ever bred kuhili loaches?
And also do u have a colture of copepods?
No kuhli loaches and no copepods to speak of, though I do see ostracods pop up from time to time. Cyclops too.
where can i get a fry try like your?
There are links in the UA-cam about section but pre-made kits are currently out of stock. More are on the way
Would this be able to work with bbs as well?
Because of their perishability and the salt/mineral content of the hatching water, I would say it would not be practical to auto dose. Not at the scale that I would use it
what happended to the fry? it's been over a month now
They got bigger, they eat brine shrimp, and they outgrew the fry tray. They're loose in a tank now.
Ahh that's way simpler than using a peristoltic pump... which is what i would have tried first ;)
Welp, I now see that you abandoned the drip bag to do the peristoltic pump after all :) I'm still curious about using a drip method to feed continuously throughout the day. Perhaps many trays, perhaps larger foods ... I may exerient with dripping repashy powder mixed constantly with bubbling air for some fry.
Should just use some vinegar eels. To feed ypur fry
But then I wouldn't get to assemble this ridiculous contraption and what fun would that be?
@@MakeMoreFish I mean time saved is time for a nap. So you win. Haha
All this for fry?
No no. This is for me.
The paramecium dispenser is real!
The paramecium dispenser is real!
The paramecium dispenser is real!
The paramecium dispenser is real!