Centromochlus perugaie are a teensy little wood catfish from Southern America that live in clear, fast flowing streams. For a while I kept them in an 8 gallon tank using a strong internal filter to make current, but I found space in a 15 gallon and made them a little haven. Since they are shy, here is a photo from yesterday when I kicked their wood about a bit:
I only have 3 of my original six I purchased about two years ago, have bred them once now in lockdown before the move but my brine shrimp hatches failed and I lost the fry. Anywho, they have a nice new tank like this:
But now, 3D printing you say? Yes! I wanted to make a unilateral flow system (like a hillstream tank) so using an old pump, tubing and 3D printed parts I created the disgusting looking pipe system in the tank. With help from my younger brother we made an adaptor for the canister intake cover as the pump quickly killed one of my female catfish initially, they like tight holes. Big mistake from me. From there we reduced the pump outflow to the beige pipe which runs along, turns at a 3D printed elbow then runs up into a printed spraybar. I placed the pump really high up so the catfish wouldn't try to hide under it. I detailed the tank in a quick video:
The parts look something like this, I didn't take more photos during setup unfortunately, in varying colours. It is ABS plastic, same stuff they use in reef piping, and I have used it to make caves and other various items before. Pretty cool to have a designer brother handy.
This is just a quick post to highlight how useful 3D printing could be for the hobby!
I only have 3 of my original six I purchased about two years ago, have bred them once now in lockdown before the move but my brine shrimp hatches failed and I lost the fry. Anywho, they have a nice new tank like this:
But now, 3D printing you say? Yes! I wanted to make a unilateral flow system (like a hillstream tank) so using an old pump, tubing and 3D printed parts I created the disgusting looking pipe system in the tank. With help from my younger brother we made an adaptor for the canister intake cover as the pump quickly killed one of my female catfish initially, they like tight holes. Big mistake from me. From there we reduced the pump outflow to the beige pipe which runs along, turns at a 3D printed elbow then runs up into a printed spraybar. I placed the pump really high up so the catfish wouldn't try to hide under it. I detailed the tank in a quick video:
The parts look something like this, I didn't take more photos during setup unfortunately, in varying colours. It is ABS plastic, same stuff they use in reef piping, and I have used it to make caves and other various items before. Pretty cool to have a designer brother handy.
This is just a quick post to highlight how useful 3D printing could be for the hobby!
