Well I had a post earlier of trying to find a quick solution. A few people gave me input and I kinda mixed ideas together! So here is my option I went with until my boxes show up, which I may just sell lol I like my boxes better almost. We will see. 
I went to the dollar store and bought a 2 pack of cheaper soft(ish) sided "tupperware" containers. Then used a punch to poke holes in the side.
This is the punch.
Then I poked holes in it for circulation. Here are two pictures of the end result.
I then put them in the tank carefully so that the water would gently go into the container and not overflow and sink them. I used the tank clips from my 20 gallon tank divider to hold them in place, the HOB circulates the water in circles and as the container passed under the HOB outlet it would flood them and sink it. I as well placed fake floating plant pieces in the top for the babies to hide in when the mothers start to give birth.
Here they are in the tank.
(Dad's are nervous because they protect the Mom's of their own breed. It's cute.)
Hope this helps someone else or gives them ideas. WAY cheap option. ONE dollar for two boxes. I chose to go with the second to the deepest as I just have platys in mine in a 30 gallon tank but there are definitely different sizes if you have larger fish. Good Luck!
I went to the dollar store and bought a 2 pack of cheaper soft(ish) sided "tupperware" containers. Then used a punch to poke holes in the side.
This is the punch.
Then I poked holes in it for circulation. Here are two pictures of the end result.
I then put them in the tank carefully so that the water would gently go into the container and not overflow and sink them. I used the tank clips from my 20 gallon tank divider to hold them in place, the HOB circulates the water in circles and as the container passed under the HOB outlet it would flood them and sink it. I as well placed fake floating plant pieces in the top for the babies to hide in when the mothers start to give birth.
Here they are in the tank.
(Dad's are nervous because they protect the Mom's of their own breed. It's cute.)
Hope this helps someone else or gives them ideas. WAY cheap option. ONE dollar for two boxes. I chose to go with the second to the deepest as I just have platys in mine in a 30 gallon tank but there are definitely different sizes if you have larger fish. Good Luck!
