Live Breeder Partition / Egg saver

Yes I've got two that I want to try and make now.

The elevated one and the V shape one with perspex

 

Ok quick update.

Made a small V shape catcher from 4 pieces of perspex.

So your water height should be as high as the black uprights and your pregnant female in the V part

Looks like this is a good design. Thx Dolphin

 

I like the look of that, nice job :bigsmile:

 

Nice job, and Sooooo much better than those crappy, stress inducing plastic boxes, sold as breeder traps.

 

That's the main reason I started with trying to make some sort of fry / egg saver and there is still enough space for the fish to swim around.

I know people think it's cool seeing the female have her little fry and be able to watch it up close in those small breeder traps. It's just like putting your fish in a jail.

 

The net your dad brought through last night looks good! He mentioned that you were busy with the perspex last night - how is that going?

 

Above I added some pics of the perspex one. Came out nice if I have to say so myself

Now just want to play with sizes and see what works

 

WOW - it came out very well! A brilliant idea I must say

What did you mom say about the angels btw ?

 

As far as I know she's in 'heaven' She loves angels

My father did mention something about two that was missing the little fins in front and I said that it probably would still grow?? I said to him just to contact you.

 

Tell him to contact me or pm me has cell number - sounds very strange but I'll check on that :bigsmile:

 

UPDATE:

I made another V shaped saver that fits snug in my little 45cm tank that I have. I had a female guppy high in her pregnancy and decided to test her in it. About two days later there were about 25 little ones swimming outside the V and she is happy inside.

The only problem that I need to overcome is that the perspex does not let the heat through. The water in the V gets colder than the outside over time.

What I've done to overcome it temporarily was to hook on a side filter so that the water runs over the side of the V to keep the temp the same.

 

This sounds like an interesting idea for a small "catch tank"... :hmmmm: might want to try this as well

i saved about 15 or so guppies in the main tank, and it turns out i also saved 2 platies, didn't even know they were carrying, wish i coulda saved more platies...

 

Anyone with live breeders I'd also recommend this.

I have another female guppy almost ready to drop the fry. She is also going into the V. And the other little ones can stay in the same 45cm tank. The chances they swim up the gap in the V is very little.

Ferryman... If you were down in Cape Town you could have come and picked up a V catcher and tried it. I made 3 so far Different lengths and sizes.

 

had to buy breeder net for girlfriends new baby guppies all of two "marko" and "dias" cause they swim everywere in the tank and dont hide for there protection.

 

thanks for reminding me that once again, all the must-haves and stuff somehow made its way to cape town....

lol, ah well, i guess we up here should be focusing on expanding the site with more pta/jhb members then

thanks for the offer though dude

 

Now just imagine how I feel ferryman...lol