Egg tumbler

[chevypride]

I built and egg tumbler, and I was just wondering if it looks like it'll work? How can I test it?

 

[Illinois Rock]

Put eggs in with an air source to keep them moving. Looks good!

 

[fishman888888]

Stupid question....but whats an egg tumbler used for?

 

[chevypride]

When you strip a momma fish of her eggs you need to tumble them so that they incubate and don't rot.

 

[J.Mcpeak]

It looks like the type of thing used to process brine shrimp eggs. It looks almost like my ex-shrimp egg tumbler. (Mine was more basic, a plastic bottle with the end cut off, a hole in the lid for the airline, the whole unit was submerged in a water tray with a heater in it)
I Don't see why it won't work? Is there a need to tumble the eggs?

Suitable sized airlines shift the water a great deal in just a regular tank.

 

[chevypride]

I didn't end up using it. I got my 30 gallon up and cycled in time for the mom to carry them, I stripped her at 28 days, she had spit one and 2 days later she still hadn't spit the rest and I was leaving for a week and didn't want her spitting while I was away (and possibly eat the fry). If I was to strip her of eggs I would of needed the tumbler.

 

[chevypride]

If she starts holding again anytime soon I probably will strip her of eggs, holding took a lot out of her and she still looks thinner then I'd like, so stripping her early will keep her from losing any weight.