It is suitable for breeding fish, rearing baby fry, rearing shrimp, or isolating sick / aggressive fish. Small pea puffers (and presumably other like minded fish) can jump out of the box over top of the silly little gate, so keep that in mind with jumping inclined species. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Easily attaching to the side of most aquariums up to 1″ thick, the hang-on isolation/breeder box provides isolated housing for protecting fry, sick/weak fish or new fish that require acclimation.

I think we all can agree, how nice it would be if someone took up the task of making a kit, upgrading this thing from the old design, improving the input and outputs a bit. Fish fry can also be segregated from potentially aggressive fishes or fish species that may mistake them for food. As a result when I'm feeding cry in the box the rest of the tank is conditioning off bbs that get through the mesh.

The Ista hang on back breeding box is intended to hang on the back of the aquarium, therefore not occupying space in the aquarium. Easily attaches to the side of most aquariums up to 1" thick, the Marina Hang-On Breeding Box provides isolated housing for protecting fry, sick/weak fish or new fish that require acclimation. The in tank ones have a mesh that keeps my baby puffers in but lets some baby brine work their way out. Marina is dedicated to providing a wide variety of user-friendly and affordable aquarium products for all levels of fish keeping.

Even the largest one isn’t really enough of a refugium to supply much to a tank, might be helpful for a single pea puffer, not enough for even a small harem. Aquarium Air Pump via Fluval Black Max Airline Tubing (both available separately) for a complete set up. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. For over 30 years therefore it has earned the trust of fish-hobbyists by making innovative products that deliver many valuable benefits. If you do this, it will be silent and will be very nice instead of as loud and goofy as mentioned above.Fluval Hang-On Breeding Box is a breeding and spawning box that is hung on the outside of the aquarium glass. In addition, Marina’s wide variety of creative and colourful decorations – such as plants, ornaments and gravel – bring visual life to aquariums, while its maintenance and breeding accessories are practical, timesaving, and reliable. Small fry will definitely exit even through the finest “grate” so something like a piece of pantyhose or other fine mesh over it will help.