How do egg tumblers work

Anthony93 Posted August 22, Posted August 22, As i am wanting to purchase a few for breeding soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Matmatmat Posted August 22, Not for my devil lol wanting for bn.

Ok cool does anyone sell any? Some of the eggs are looking like they could possibly be infertile pale colour to start with. Just used a spare feeding tube and some mesh and an air line. I guess its just how you adjust the air? I havent experienced a lot of diff tumblers so i cant see how much of a difference they all make.

Besides ease of use. I have had the hits and misses in the past with store bought and my own DIY egg tumblers. Below I have outlined the major challenges and action I took to increase my hatch rate with tumblers:. I do appreciate your comments and will be working on some different types. Ziss tumblers by far. I have used pretty much all commercially available ones, diy ones and nothing compares to the ziss. I currently have 32 tumblers running right now and rarely loose an egg or fry.

With most the other tumblers they use the air to suck the water up from under the eggs to move them, which can make them bounce and damage the eggs if not monitored. The ziss tumbers use the air flow to push water over the eggs and are far more gentle on the eggs.

It actually tumbles the eggs not bounces them. Like any tumbler you need to clean them thoroughly between uses and work out how much flow is needed for what type of eggs. Assuming they are in similar water parameters to their parents, try lifting the air stone and removing the air stone bubbles straight from hose. I have use the same tumbler. Never had a drama with it. You want to simulate the movment the mother would make in her mouth. Look how high your eggs are bouncing.

This is just my opinion and others may have conflicting opinions. Here is a pic of blue dolphin fry. I should also note whilst these fish were in the tumbler, they are connected to 12 other 2 ft tanks and a ltr sump. Temp has been high, 30 for over a week, even got to I also dosed with killverm pig wormer as a red ruben peacock had a parasite. Water quality is one of the biggest determining factors in my opinion but i believe in this instance you are tumbling to vigourous.

Remove trapped air in the sponge and the main chamber. Connect to an air supply Adjust air control valve until your eggs are gently moving. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Can we help you? Rather call? Featured products. ZET egg tumbler What is an egg tumbler and how does it work? I keep the fry in this chamber until they double their free-swimming size. I have found that fry that are three quarters developed will eat baby brine shrimp. I learned this trick from Steve Somermeyer.

He gets his C. Choosing to artificially incubate eggs is a decision that most African cichlid breeders consider at one time or another. I wish that I had this tumbling system five years ago when I really need it. Back then l could expect forty percent losses if I had to tumble eggs. With this new tumbler I have only lost two spawns out of at least thirty that I have tumbled since last summer.

Both of those were during the process of working out the tumbler's bugs. I can give a couple of pointers to help prevent other aquarists from making the same mistake I did. Most Victorian cichlid eggs are a lot smaller than Malawi mbuna eggs, and they should be allowed to develop for a week or so before putting them in this tumbler. This is because of the size of the holes in the tumbler.

The same is true for some of the Malawi "Haps. Four inches is a lot safer. They and Cyphotilapia afra species have teeth on their jaws that can damage eggs as they are stripped. Check your tumbler a couple times a day to make sure that there are no dead fry and that the air volume is right.

If any fry are dead, remove them immediately to prevent fungus from killing the rest of the clutch. If you decide to try this tumbler, I think that you will be pleasantly surprised. Just remember that nothing is better than a mother's mouth.

Good luck. Judy, Ted. April 28, Cichlid Room Companion.