Breed 1,000s of Celestial Pearl Danios with this DIY Egg Trap

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In this video, I show you how to breed and care for the celestial pearl danio or galaxy rasbora (Danio margaritatus).
Breeding 1,000s of CPDs is so easy with my DIY egg trap.
Breed thousands of fish without ever getting your hands into the water!
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@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

G'Day Legends, Wish you all the best of luck with breeding CPDs and hope this video helps. Buy one of your own kit here is the link; www.etsy.com/au/shop/BlakesAquaticsStore Appreciate the support.

@Richardmunoz86 3 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t mind getting one but shipping to the us. Makes it pricey.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

@@Richardmunoz86it does make it difficult. Shipping is flat regardless of how many are in the order so maybe that would help ease the pain to get a couple 😅. Unfortunatelybthats what it costs me to send I dont make anything on top

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

@@sarahsindeband9043emerald rasboras, any other danios, ive heard pea puffers. Plenty of other egg scatterers

@sarahsindeband9043 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics thanks!

@kmlumd44 2 күн бұрын

So youre saying that with your tray that the eggs get laid onto it and sucked upwards into the hangon breeder box along with the freshwater?

@DanielKeepingFish 3 ай бұрын

Excellent system mate and nicely explained. Anyone can follow that for sure.

@michaelnorthfield1086 3 ай бұрын

Great Video Thanks for the quality info

@Richardmunoz86 3 ай бұрын

I completely understand. No hard feelings. I would like to own one eventually.

@RudyDwiHandoko 12 күн бұрын

The Great video I am from Bintan Island Indonesia❤

@kmlumd44 2 күн бұрын

So youre saying that with your tray that the eggs get laid onto it and sucked upwards into the hangon breeder box along with the freshwater?

@ryansib8661 3 ай бұрын

Great video, I've made my own, but with a stainless kitchen funnel, cake with a stainless strainer big enough to let eggs through. I'm very excited to try this with my white cloud minnows

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

That's a great idea!

@MyRepear 3 ай бұрын

so simple but such a good idea im so going to do this.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Hope you like it!

@Looooulou 3 ай бұрын

Nice one Blake, I have thought about getting some over the past year or so, but having a little one (Mr 3) has taken up so much of my time I figured it was a bit much to attempt, seeing this though, maybe it's on the horizon. Nice vid 👌

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

If i can do it with 3 boys of mine own you can too 👍👍

@TristanForrester13 3 ай бұрын

Good to know, great info mate :)

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Glad to help

@turboman657 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Just supported your etsy page!

@BlakesAquatics 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@johnmaude5065 3 ай бұрын

I’ll have to order another colony very soon 😊

@mr.octopus6972 3 ай бұрын

I just began to breed my CPD last week after I found a live baby in a water change. I didn't know they where breeding that easy. Already I have ~20 babies 🤩 over about 10 days in the experiment. The only thing I don't like about an automatic egg collector is that it doesn't make the difference between eggs, food and 💩 . That small bin at the top becomes disgusting in a matther of hours. I prefer to take a little bit of time each day to get the trap out and sort the eggs out with a small pipette. I glued a plastic stick to it in order to keep my hands dry the whole process. I only need half a drop of 1% metylene blue to make the hatch rate go near 100% These fish breed like crazy. Very fun to watch.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Fair call, if the box is getting really bad sometimes i do a little suction clean using an airline

@mr.octopus6972 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics tried that but it was sucking fish up too, they're so small

@kmlumd44 2 күн бұрын

Where is this methalyn blue? Its the second time i hears about this. Where can i get it locally

@mr.octopus6972 Күн бұрын

@@kmlumd44 Yeah you are absolutely right. Some people aren't meant to use methalyn. It his too powerfull of a tool for the common man who has to know the rule of tree, mathematics, proportions, dilutions, percentages n'stuff. That's why government had to pass laws over the availability of methalin (especially the green, blue and purple ones) it is a felony in most places to have methaline-G/B/P in your possession. Maybe you will be lucky if you go to the hardware store in the paint department and ask for methalyn-white. It is used as a degreaser but will work on fish eggs to keep fungal based viruses out of there (just add more). The yellow one is better but harder to find. I bought mine from a restaurant who where using it as a disinfectant. No one will sell it to you outright but if you ask the owner to get a small quantity they should be happy to give it (or sell it) to you for about 6$

@brandonhk1lljoys 3 ай бұрын

Quality vid🔥 Definitely going to pick up one of your egg collectors soon, they look great🤙 Thank you thank you✌️♥️

@Tang526 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I’ve been trying to figure out what setup I should do to encourage my Goldring danios to spawn or how to collect their eggs

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@Spacenow869 2 ай бұрын

Great vid/

@jimmyhfishes 2 күн бұрын

Love it....thanks and new sub

@BlakesAquatics 2 күн бұрын

Welcome!

@audrameyer9558 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the amazing and detailed info, Blake.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@tiagocenacchi3971 3 ай бұрын

Hi Blake, great video. I bought one of your egg catchers and look forward to simplifying the eggs collection step. Quick question. Would cherry shrimp eat cpd eggs or help keep them fungus free? Thanks

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for that and good question. Yes i have found that they do eat them

@benc3214 3 ай бұрын

Comprehensive video mate well done, i've been thinking of trying to breed CPD's sometime down the track. I'll deffo go with your box rather than faffing around with bottles and flyscreen . Mate in all those Kmart tank's you have how is the overflow system working with those green taps?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Hey Ben, its just a pipe that the tap is below the oitlet so when i close it (unless i forget about it and the tank drains below the strainer) it is under constant syphon. That way its just turn tap, wait for drain, fill with hose

@benc3214 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics that’s pretty ingenious well in my book anyway, how does it stay under constant syphon just water filled pipes or gravity. If I’m ever allowed to have a rack in the garage 😂 I’ll probably try and replicate that cheers mate. Should demo it in your next room tour 🤔

@naegwut 3 ай бұрын

Fun

@richardwalker6530 3 ай бұрын

Hi Blake. Great video again mate. Info please, where can I get hold of the stainless strainers you have on the black pipework going into the tanks. Thanks mate. Richard

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Hey richard, i literally just searched stainless steel strainer. If you are in australia i boight them from dural irrigation online

@xKenn 3 ай бұрын

How many attempts did that intro take 😆

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

4 🤣

@dellseasandoval8187 3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. All my tanks are the dirted method with a river sand🏝️cap🧢 really thick substrate of about 3&1/2 inches or 90mil. so I’m always having plants 🪴& wood🪵 & all that cycling through & always trying to get more & more to grow in substrate which is always an extremely expensive struggle. I’ll take all the help for hence I can get from anyone worth listening to which is definitely you.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it 😅

@dellseasandoval8187 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thank you so much for responding. I can keep all my leopard danios together & then keep my cpd’s separate all together. Those leopard danios can be extremely so I strongly disagree with anyone that says they are a find community fish. Yes technically they go with other fish but they’re so extremely aggressive. They just bully the other fish until they starve. I’ve even had to use tweezers carefully to go past the extremely aggressive individuals to feed the more docile leopard danios. Thank you very much for the extremely helpful tip that fast where sells the cpds. I will keep them separate. This is very exciting. Do you think I can keep cpds with white cloud minnows? I am assuming this would work. I swear those little leopard danios are like freaking piranahs. I have never seen such an aggressive little fish except of course with cichlids. I don’t have any experience to speak of in our hobby but I’ve still seen enough fish growing up to know how they behave generally with some of the species.

@dellseasandoval8187 3 ай бұрын

When you are kind enough to respond with your most priceless precious time & then when I respond is this part of a KZfaq chat that anyone can see. I’m totally fine either way. I don’t care because we’re just talking fish stuff but it’s a general question I wonder?

@RicardoJunqueira 3 ай бұрын

What kind of filament do you use to print fish safe 3D objects?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

for freshwater aquariums simple good quality pla+ is perfectly fine and ive had some submerged for 4+ years with 0 degradation. theres a bit of talk about it from a number of years ago that it was PETG minimum but filament quality and the materials used to produce it has come a long way.

@RicardoJunqueira 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics thanks Blake!

@lacaml100 Ай бұрын

How ppm watter in aquarium tetra?

@gavinpowell8538 3 ай бұрын

Good vid, I didn't catch you say, or you didn't say how often to feed the fry. What's the minimum number of times per day you feed them?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Once a day sometimes when i get busy, ideally 3 to 5 times a day

@ryansy86 3 ай бұрын

Do you find it necessary to run any air in the breeder boxes?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

No i dont. It wouldnt hurt im sure but not required

@wcdeich4 3 ай бұрын

The sponge filter over your shoulder at the beginning looks clogged with white slime; that happens to me a lot. Do they still work that way?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Thats actually some black beard algae thats dieing off after being treated with h2o2

@aqua_bauer 2 ай бұрын

Hi do you print in PETG or PLA or else?

@BlakesAquatics 2 ай бұрын

Pla+ 👍

@dellseasandoval8187 3 ай бұрын

Hey Blake. Nice to see you making perfect videos as always. My nano tanks are all about 30 L with 152 L tank & if you small 12 L tanks. I have a few questions. 1) can leopard 🐆 danio’s live fine with celestial pearl danio’s & does fast way Aquarium sell celestial pearl danio’ls because I always go to my local shop Up Market Aquarium & sometimes the next closest one I enjoy going to a lot. Is North Coburg Aquarium but fast way Aquarium is harder for me to get to because I am on public transport. My question is do you sell celestial pearl danio’s or do you recommend? I wait until you breed them & is there some lest I can get put on so I know that I am buying them from you because that’s the only way I can afford to support one of my fellow fish fam. Members. I don’t have money from memberships so always feel bad that I can’t support Alex in Seattle (Fishtory) the way I would like to. You’re the only Aussie I “know” online, but I would want to support by purchasing the fish from. That’s a lot of questions all over the place so let me know how you go. Keep up the good work.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Yeah leopard danios can go with cpds, the major risk is that the LDs will eat the food and cpds if theyre more shy may not get as much but its easy to keep an eye on. Fastway always have cpds in stock. I just sell mine there these days

@wildbillcody 2 ай бұрын

Subscribed! The amount of free info here is amazing. Great job. Question: Im planning to try this with tiger barbs and neon tetras. Do you think this method will work just as well?? Any tips?

@BlakesAquatics 2 ай бұрын

Neon tetras need a really low ph to hatch. Tiger barbs should be ok. Both would be possible but maybe not a walk in the park 😅 thanks

@johnhopkins6731 26 күн бұрын

Do you sell them to LFSs? Whats the wholesale price for CPDs?

@BlakesAquatics 25 күн бұрын

I do, its up to you to negotiate your own pricing. Od rather not publicise that because people will easily undercut me

@joeprovenzano4362 3 ай бұрын

Stupid question. Does Etsy do the exchange rate from AU to USD

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

Yeah it converts it all

@joeprovenzano4362 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics if I wanted to order a bunch is there a discount?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

@@joeprovenzano4362 its flat rate shipping so that should help keep prices down on multiple purchases hopefully

@praktika1082 21 күн бұрын

Do you have CPD for sale? Shipping to Melbourne.

@BlakesAquatics 18 күн бұрын

Try fastway aquarium west footscray, i sell there

@bornsniper9531 3 ай бұрын

I tried putting them in a community tank but they end up just disappearing and not breeding

@aqua_bauer 3 ай бұрын

Any alternative to an external breeder box? Something for inside the tank?

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

You could take the principle i guess and make it work for a box siliconed inside the tank or a container with an outflow but it would probably end up being more difficult. Why are you against the hobb?

@aqua_bauer 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics I fear that the external box will overflow with time

@mr.octopus6972 3 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics It would keep the same temperature as in the main tank. Also some people keep their tank in furniture or small spaces. You erradicate the risk of bumping into it. Some people have no choice to keep a lid on to prevent their cat from doing a mess, general aesthetics ... The idea of keeping things inside is not bad at all.

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

@@aqua_bauer fair concern, as i say i dont leave mine on all the time only when i am in there. If the room wasnt heated i guess that could be an issue though

@BlakesAquatics 3 ай бұрын

@@mr.octopus6972 i wasnt being critical, just trying to understand the reasoning. Thats fair. Im allergic to cats so dont know what people need to do to cat proof their stuff 😅. Ok then yeah id probabpy silicone a couple of pieces of glass inside the tank to act as a sump. Could possibly clamp the hobb inside the tank as well as an option