Hatchery

[Steve_Warner]

Hi all,
I had an idea that I had to try to build to fruition. My babies kept getting chowed on by the other discus in my tank > and I tried the bowl raising deal, but it was so hard to regulate temp, do W/C's when I work long hours and am away, etc. so here's my invention. I bought a 6.6L rubbermaid storage container(Wally world) and made an overflow drain in it by drilling in a bulkhead(actually a sink sprayer line holder) with a rubber gasket on the inside to hold leaks. The feed line is from my venturi port on my 802 powerhead hooked up to my bio-wheel. This provides constant fresh, warm, circulated tank water to the fry. So far it looks like it's working out!

Steve

[Rod Coleman]

Looks good, Steve.

Are they eggs or babies on the pot?

Regards,

Rod

[Steve_Warner]

Hi all,
Rod, they are wigglers as of a few hours ago tonight. A few were dislodged from the strong current when I first put the output in there, but they eventually attached again. I restricted the outflow with some paper clamps on the tubing line. Now I just have to mesh off the drain line before they become free swimming

Steve

Looks good. I use those paper clips for about a dozen different things
as well. They come in several sizes and make good clamps.