Egg incubators

Made from transparent “plexiglass”, these egg incubators allow for regular monitoring of the evolution of your eggs. The INC-6 and INC-18 models are powered by water coming from the side with a 1/2”ø PVC adapter on which we add a ball valve to facilitate the flow adjustment. With the HJ-1 and HJ-2 egg incubators, water intake is coming from the top, an acrylic tube moves the water to the bottom of the incubator. Its purpose is well known for incubation with trout and catfish eggs. The movement of dead eggs to the surface makes it one of the biggest advantage of this incubation system. A sole incubator can hold in average 70,000 eggs (18”), the quantity can vary depending on the egg’s diameter. These egg incubators can be placed in a fish farming troughs that can be used both as a stand and a water recovery basin.

Artemia incubators: The BS25 commercial hatchery is capable of producing 300cc and more (20 tablespoons) of cysts in 17 liters of water. Simply turn off the air supply after hatching and allow empty eggs to float. The hatched nauplii will travel to the bottom where they can be removed simply by opening the valve. The pyramid shape (12” x 12” by 24” of height) promotes hatching. Great for rotifer culture too. Includes weighted rigid air tube, diffuser and drain valve. The optional powder-coated aluminum stand makes bench top mounting easy.

Vibert box (biodegradable): The method of Richard Vibert takes again the same principle but improves it appreciably: the eggs are placed in a plastic box which is easy to hide under the gravel. This box, which weighs 45 grams, is of modest size (70 x 63 x 45 mm). It is transported easily and contains a thousand of trout eggs. The perforations existing on the six faces let the current bring to eggs the oxygen which is necessary for them. They also made it possible to alevins to leave the box by themselves and to continue their development under the gravel, i.e. under the natural conditions to which they owe their rusticity. At a 30cm water depth, just dig a 20cm deep hole, place the box and cover it with some gravel.

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