Fluval Multi-Chamber Holding and Breeding Box, Large – Up To 3 Separate Housing Compartments

This breeder box has been perfect for raising my celestial pearl danio fry. It was easy to assemble, and I really appreciate how simple it is to access the inside for both feeding and cleaning. I did make a small modification by adding a sponge to the return since the provided grates were a bit too large and could allow fry to slip through. With that adjustment, it works wonderfully. Overall, I highly recommend this breeder box for anyone raising fry.

So as you see in my video I have experience with the small, and now I own the large version of this breeder box. It works great. Some reviews say people had issues. As you see, it doesn't leak and the pegs didn't break off like some others said. The pegs add and remove leverage so that it can sit correctly. You want it to be aligned perpendicular with the rim of your tank or if anything SLIGHTLY angled downward INTO the tank. You do not want the bottom of the breeder box to be pushed out from the tank. I could see that as a reason why the pegs would break for some people. You don't want the bottom too far in. I could see that causing the box to leak from the front but I dont see how that could ruin your marriage. I have my pegs on number 4 but the glass and rim is thick on my 75 gallon. Front of the breeder box should be more or less parallel with the tank. Don't put your flow too high. I have a constant drip. Maybe 1 to 4 drops per second but it needs to be dripping into the box constantly. It gives a small stream from the slit and a constant drip into the aquarium. It doesn't make lots of noise. I haven't had issues with this method in 2 years. This combined with my egg incubator is invaluable when it comes to preserving numbers. The small version does not have a lock. I don't use the lock on the big one. I dont like the design of it. I didn't need instructions because I'm not incompetent but some people may need them.

Are you like me where bubbling water doesn't bother you but sputtering water and splashing does? I ask this because if you follow the instructions of this breeding box you'll hear loud, obnoxious sputtering. I'm not quite sure why it sputters the way it does, but it was driving me crazy. So this is what I did. In the instructions, you'll see two parts, Intake Tube (9) and Discharge Cap (8). Follow the instructions in putting the breeding box together, but then do the following if the sputtering noise bothers you like it did me. Throw out the Discharge cap. Feed a three inch or so piece of airline tubing into the top part of the Intake Tube where the Discharge cap would normally be affixed. Just feed it enough to be secure. Place the other end of the airline tubing into the water of the breeding box. You'll get bubbling instead of sputtering, which for me is realms more tolerable. Other than that this is a great little box. I use it as a half semi filter, half moss and shrimp storage. Edit: By the way, when you make the fix above, make sure the airline tubing you use isn't too long. Too long and the water struggles to make it up U turn of the Intake Tube, which causes it to act like just an airpump, instead of pulling water from the main tank in. If this happens and you don't realize it can be quite bad. For instance, if your house is cold and your tank warm, the pump won't bring the warm water from the main tank into the breeding box, so the temperature will drop heavily. That's bad. You'll also be dealing with only the water volume of the box instead of the water volume of the whole tank, which is also bad. So say you have this breeder box on a 10 or a 20 gallon, and you fix it incorrectly so that it's only bringing air into the box, then you've only got the water quality of the box, which is tiny. So make sure that both water is making it into the box and that water is exiting the box through the overflow (it should at least drip constantly).

I love this little box for my pregnant shrimp! It easily fits onto my 75 gallon aquarium. I currently have 5 pregnant shrimp in here. They seem to have plenty of room, for now. I’m not how this will work or if I’ll be able to save babies. I’m certainly going to try. The box was super easy to set up. It only took a few minutes. I was worried because the directions said the aquarium water level had to be within 2” of the top. Mine is not. I have it lower than that. Thankfully, it works just fine. I get a steady stream of water pumping in and flowing out. I think this little box is genius! I’ll probably use it to house some plants or maybe other fish babies, in the future. Also, I wrapped a little quilt batting around the output to prevent anything from getting dumped back into the aquarium.

So I've bred peacock gudgeons and hatched most of the eggs within this container. It was attached to its own little 5 gallon tank with a HOB with carbon and extra sponge for proper filtration, keeping nitrate and nitrite at 0 despite the several-times-a-day feedings. The box definitely has potential to turn your fry container into a fry washing machine, little guys get tumbled around from the flow. The little adjuster on the airline itself did nothing for me, so I had mine hooked up to the system of my rack that let me change airflow directly from the pump. Had to lower that a decent chunk, otherwise the water flow was simply too strong. Even with that, I put some aquarium sponge on a little skewer and placed it right under the water output to catch most of the impact. I also added a piece of sponge on the outflow, because the little grate it comes with is just too big. My little fry kept escaping. I eventually learned that my fry are even small enough to go into and through the damn sponge I put in there, so I had to use something finer (which clogged easier). I also added some floaters and java moss to help with both filtration and hiding space for my little buggers. Unless you have fry that's too big to go through the little grate you definitely will need modifications. But besides all that, it's a fantastic option for hatching eggs and raising fry. My little guys are by now big enough to swim in the 5g freely while growing a little more without risk of ending up in the HOB. Given how well this entire setup worked for me I'll be getting more in the future. I've yet to try it for egg scatterers along with the one item from I believe penplax for automatic egg-harvesting, but I'll get there. And for that I'll need another one! I definitely can recommend it. It kept all my fry in a small space meaning I could give them more accurate feedings, and hook it up to its own tank to have a big water volume for great parameters. Amazing!

The breeding box is amazing; it comes with its own tubes. You can change the water pressure going into the box as well. It hangs outside the aquarium and has a lid. You can also attach an airstone if needed. The water flows perfectly from the aquarium into the breeding box and back into the aquarium, so you don't have to worry about water changes. It doesn't need an additional filter. I have used it for my mystery snails and also for fish/shrimp acclimation. The box is a pretty good size, easy to use, and very stable. I definitely recommend getting one of these breeding boxes.

Seemed like a good idea, but the fry went right through all the strainers and right into my main tank. Worked great to isolate the mother, though.

Years ago, I had a fish give birth only to have the fry get IMMEDIATELEY eaten by its mother. I was so sad and disappointed. I new I had to get a "Breeder Box". I got a super cheap one that just sits inside the tank. I mainly used it to let the fry mature a little bit before getting moved back into the main tank, or help heal a fish that was getting bullied recover its strength before rejoining his friends. After many months of tryin to find out why some fish that I put in there died immediately. I came to the conclusion that the water flow in this box was so so poor that all of the waste was being stored in the box and there was not adequate oxygen getting into the box through the small slits on the sides. Then I found the Fluval Multi-Chamber holding and breeding box and holy cow, what a difference. It incredibly easy and intuitive to set up, and is absolutely the perfect size for almost any application. Even on relatively small tank like a 10 gal. Currently, I have a Molly with a fin injury in one compartment, and the other 2/3rds of the tank are housing her baby fry. The room that I keep one of my tanks in, which currently has the Fluval box on in, gets very cold at night, 60-61 degrees. I was worried that since it hangs off the front and is just plastic that the temp in the box would lower drastically. I am happy to report that the temperature did not budge from the main tank temp with no additional heaters or anything, i have a 50w and a 25 w heater in the tank, but I'm confident that you could be perfectly fine with just one 25 or 50W depending on the ambient temperature of the room. The only thing i would be mindful of, is trying to keep super small fry (I'm talking 1-2 days old) in the left portion of the tank. I had a single fry get pressed up against the grate the flows back into the tank. I don't know if he was sick or weak, or if the current got him, but in thousands of fry run through this box, I've only had a single loss. so my best practice, if you don't need the whole box, is to partition off the far right slot, put your fish in the left and put the drain with the bigger slats in the outflow spot on the right. That allows more water to flow through the box and greatly decreases build up of debris (if you're like me and have a heavy hand when it comes to feeding fry. The only problem with this box is that I don't have one for all of my tanks!

I have tried different types of breeding boxes and I consider Fluval holding and breeding box the best among them. It has everything that you need for an aquarium hobbyist. The size is very convenient comparing to others while I wish if Fluval can make a bigger size also. This is a complete set and you won't regret buying it. I highly recommend it.

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The concept of this product is really good! Very useful in raising baby fish!

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