Stackable Sieves

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president89
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Stackable Sieves - Monday, November 3, 2014 9:33 AM

president89
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Re:Stackable Sieves - Monday, November 3, 2014 1:59 PM
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Wow, just lucked out. A local breeder going out of hobby just sold me these, and a bunch of other stuff for short money. I was literally about to hit purchase on the PVC stackables.

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Re:Stackable Sieves - Monday, November 3, 2014 4:21 PM
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I made mine myself with old plastic containers and mesh. Sounds like you lucked out.
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Re:Stackable Sieves - Monday, November 3, 2014 11:07 PM
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i use the second ones pictured, they fit on a 20l/5g drum
 
I got them from a bio diesel fuel company and am really happy with them
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Re:Stackable Sieves - Thursday, November 6, 2014 12:24 AM
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I have purchased these sieves.  the 250mic is great to clean up fish eggs
 the 125mic is good if you want to separate adult copepods from naupli
with the 53mic collecting the copepod naupli

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Re:Stackable Sieves - Sunday, November 9, 2014 11:02 PM
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I like the PVC ones from FAF that are 8" tall or so.  I find those sieve "dishes" too shallow.  I end up spilling lots.
Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]

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Re:Stackable Sieves - Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:27 PM
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Thinking of making my own sieves for filtering out uneaten food from larvae and growout tanks using a couple of pieces of Tupperware and nylon mesh sieves in a setup that I can just slip into the outlet from the tanks.  I got a lot of inspiration from an article on breeding inverts (link below) and the filtering system could be used for raising fish, too, by using an appropriately sized mesh to separate the larvae from the upper 1" of the tank.  This allows you to install an overflow type outlet, which keeps the surface skimmed, gives you higher gas exchange rates and allows me to install bio filtration as well as UV sterilization.
 
I know this article has gone around quite a bit, but I personally think it's a setup that could be used for multiple breeding applications:
A_rearing_system_for_the_culture_of_ornamental_decapod_crustacean_larvae
 
And another link for nylon mesh sieves:
componentsupplycompany.com
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Re:Stackable Sieves - Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:43 PM
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FWIW starting in a few weeks, we'll (Reed Mariculture) have professionally constructed sieves for sale.  
 
And smallparts.com used to be the cheapest way to get nylon mesh.  Amazon bought them out: http://www.amazonsupply.c...h?keywords=micron+mesh

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Re:Stackable Sieves - Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:16 PM
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Nice.  Very nice.  As soon as you guys do have some sieves available, please drop me a pm or reply on the thread.  Will they be circular or will you have different shapes available?
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Re:Stackable Sieves - Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:30 PM
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They will be circular.  Andy Rhyne is building them for us, so you know they are pretty much the best you can get... they've been field tested for 10 years or so  They arrive next week, then I need to get them labelled and packaged, which I haven't figured out yet  I'll post here when they are ready for sale.