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JP
at Wed May 16 13:11:10 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JP ]
My layer of perlite is usually about 1.5 to 2 inches...could be more, I wouldn't use less.
As far as the size of the egg box, just shoot for something big enough to hold the clutch and small enough to fit in you incbator. Like I said, the ones in the pictures are big enough to hold 2 or 3 clutches...you can go quite a bit smaller.
"They" say that you should not rotate eggs after they have been laid for a day or two, but I'm not sure that anyone has really researched this. I recall reading a post from a guy that puposefully rotated a clutch of burm eggs every couple of days throughout incubation and had only a slightly higher than normal egg mortality. I try to set mine up right after they're laid, and then not rotate them after that. I bet you're fine...
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RE: Substrateless incubation - JP, Wed May 16 13:11:10 2007