[Easy DIY] Make a Medaka Egg-Laying Mop with Everyday Materials! A Collection of Handmade Ideas
Thinking about making your medaka’s breeding season and home setup more comfortable? Did you know you can actually handcraft a spawning mop using simple, everyday materials to help them lay eggs safely? Creating a healthy environment where your beloved medaka can lay eggs with confidence is one of the key things to consider when keeping them.
In this article, we’ll show you how to make a medaka spawning bed that even beginners can try with ease.
Why not gift your medaka a wonderful environment with the unique creativity and ideas that only handmade gear can offer?
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[Easy DIY] Medaka Egg-Laying Mops Made from Everyday Materials! Handmade Idea Collection (1–10)
Hybrid-type spawning bed
https://www.tiktok.com/@matsura_medaka/video/7529102171388906759Depending on the variety, medaka prefer either tunnel-shaped or octopus-leg-shaped spawning mops.
So this spawning mop is a hybrid type: tunnel shapes and octopus-leg shapes alternate.
Fold the spawning material in half, and make cuts starting from the looped end.
Then, at the looped section below the cuts, separate every other loop.
Spread the parts you didn’t separate to form tunnel shapes, and you’re done.
Hope you get lots of eggs!
mattress-type spawning bed
@senafin0 What kind of spawning bed would be good?#Medaka#MedakaKeeping
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Let me introduce a mattress-style spawning bed.
Prepare a hard sponge scrubber and a mesh draining stocking.
Cut the hard scrubber into four pieces and cover each with the draining stocking.
Cut and cover several pieces together, and you’re done.
Try floating them in the aquarium.
Because they’re flat, it’s easy to check for attached eggs, and they also help prevent the parent medaka from eating them.
Once eggs are attached, move the piece to a separate container and observe until they hatch.
It’s easy to make, so give it a try!
Korotama Ball Made with Tulle Fabric
Here’s how to make a Korotama Ball using tulle fabric.
This item is popular as a spawning bed for medaka (Japanese rice fish).
Cut the tulle fabric in half, then divide it into three equal sections.
Roll each piece to match the desired width as you adjust the rolling width.
Use a zip tie to secure the center firmly so it forms the shape of the number 8.
Cut the tips of the “8” with scissors.
While loosening the bundled sections, spread out the fabric to fluff it up.
By adding a weight or a floating ring, you can customize it to either sink to the bottom of the tank or float on the surface.
[Easy DIY] Medaka Egg-Laying Mops Made from Everyday Materials! Handmade Idea Collection (11–20)
A cute spawning bed made with interlocking mats
@umikozou1 I tried making a cute spawning bed for my medaka (Japanese rice fish)!Daruma#Medaka#MedakaBiotopeSea Imp
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This is a medaka (Japanese ricefish) spawning bed made by using a foam interlocking mat as a float.
Buy an interlocking mat from a 100-yen shop or similar and cut it into any shape you like.
Wrap several layers of tulle around it, then secure the center tightly with a zip tie.
After securing it, cut both ends of the tulle with a razor or scissors, just like making a yarn pom-pom.
Do not cut off the end of the zip tie—leave it as is and stick it into the interlocking mat.
That’s it.
It’s really exciting and delightful when the medaka lay their eggs.
submerged spawning bed
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When it comes to spawning mops, there are broadly two types: sinking and floating.
This one is a sinking-type spawning mop.
Get some black tulle fabric for spawning mops from a 100-yen shop or similar.
You’ll also need some zip ties and ceramic filter media.
First, wrap the black tulle around three fingers about 20 times, slide it off your fingers, and secure one end with a zip tie.
Cut the unsecured end with scissors, then fluff out the strands.
Push the zip-tied end into the ceramic media, and just toss it into the aquarium.
It’s said to be especially popular with long-finned varieties of medaka (Japanese rice fish).
upside-down spawning bed
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For some medaka, it might actually be easier to catch eggs when the surface is upside down.
In that case, this upside-down spawning mop is recommended.
Cut a medaka spawning material—similar to the hard side of a kitchen sponge—into narrow strips, then curl and bundle them together.
Spread the material out like an upward-blooming flower, attach a stick oriented upside down, fix it to a ring-shaped float, and let it float in the aquarium.
You don’t have to buy special spawning material; you can also adapt things like the edge of tulle fabric.
Try making different versions to find the perfect spawning mop for your medaka.
Floating-type spawning bed with hard scrubbing brush
Here’s a floating-type spawning bed you can make with a hard scrub brush and a styrofoam pipe cover.
Cut the hard scrub brush into one-eighth size pieces, then slice it into thin strips while leaving the top intact.
Once you’ve made the cuts, roll it up.
After rolling, insert the end that connects to the hole of a pipe cover cut to an appropriate length, then bundle it with a rubber band to finish.
Everything can be bought at a 100-yen shop, so the manufacturing cost is about 10 yen per unit.
The pipe cover acts like a float and drifts on the water’s surface.