Abstract
Currently, there are a few low-cost set-up aquatic research animal housing system constructions out in publication and they are only suitable for warm water animals but not for cold water animals. We have constructed the first novel cold water stand-alone aquatic animal research housing system that can be used to rear small fish species and embryos with temperature requirements ranging from below room temperature to -5°C. The advantages of this system are that it is less expensive option compared to commercial vendors and is easy to assembly. Our twenty four tank cold water system can simply be modified to accommodate warm water animal research as well, making this system extremely versatile as compared to others of its kind.
Highlights
Aquatic animals are gaining a lot of attention for being fantastic model organisms for their favorable research characteristics and because of their amicable housing requirements compared to other model organisms
Stand- alone aquatic animal research housing system can be used for cold water animals but with simple modifications, it can be converted to house warm water animals as well
This versatile system is a less expensive option compared to commercial vendors that is easy to construct and up keep for start-up labs and smaller research groups (Figure S3)
Summary
Aquatic animals are gaining a lot of attention for being fantastic model organisms for their favorable research characteristics and because of their amicable housing requirements compared to other model organisms. For the first tank on the left side of each row, cut a 10” piece of 1⁄2” I.D., vinyl reinforced clear tubing (TVR70) and insert it into the tubing adapter tee (62123) in such a way that it curls up the side of the rack’s column (Figure 1) This will allow oxygen into the drainage system to help with the water flow. The first tank on the left of the bottom shelf will have a piece of vinyl tubing (TVR70) that will run to the charcoal/bio ball compartment of the wet dry filter complete system (WD-100CS). Cut a 25” piece of 3/4” I.D., vinyl reinforced clear tubing (TVR90) to connect the particulate filter to the bottom of the water reservoir (WD-100CS) (Figure 4). The water should be removed, along with the filter and the system would be considered clean
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