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ZAF, the first open source fully automated feeder for aquatic facilities by Merlin Lange; AhmetCan Solak; Shruthi Vijay Kumar; Hirofumi Kobayashi; Bin Yang; Loïc Alain Royer is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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In the past few decades, aquatic animals have become popular model organisms in biology, spurring a growing need for establishing aquatic facilities. Zebrafish are widely studied and relatively easy to culture using commercial systems. However, a challenging aspect of maintaining aquatic facilities is animal feeding, which is both time- and resource-consuming. We have developed an open-source fully automatic daily feeding system, Zebrafish Automatic Feeder (ZAF). ZAF is reliable, provides a standardized amount of food to every tank, is cost-efficient and easy to build. The advanced version, ZAF+, allows for the precise control of food distribution as a function of fish density per tank, and has a user-friendly interface. Both ZAF and ZAF+ are adaptable to any laboratory environment and facilitate the implementation of aquatic colonies. Here, we provide all blueprints and instructions for building the mechanics, electronics, fluidics, as well as to setup the control software and its user-friendly graphical interface. Importantly, the design is modular and can be scaled to meet different user needs. Furthermore, our results show that ZAF and ZAF+ do not adversely affect zebrafish cul

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Author

Merlin Lange; AhmetCan Solak; Shruthi Vijay Kumar; Hirofumi Kobayashi; Bin Yang; Loïc Alain Royer

Publisher

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)