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Coldthumb
at Mon Mar 10 18:45:00 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Coldthumb ]
>>I tried looking it up with the search, but failed.
>>I am expecting eggs, so I want to be ready.
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>>Incubator is set up. Holds a pretty steady 89.4-90 degrees (thermometer probe is in egg box, no substrate)
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>>I picked up a bag of Perilite today for $3 at Walmart.
>>Now I want to make sure the temps hold with a substrate in the box.
>>How would I mix it?
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>>Also...
>>Should I bury the eggs, or put a piece of that egg crating stuff over the substrate and put the eggs on top of that?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>>"What is man without the beasts?
>>If all the beasts were gone,
>>men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
>>For what happens to the beasts,
>>soon happens to men.
>>All things are connected."
>>
>>-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)
Don't bury them in the perlite(Use a plastic grid barrier.)It defeats the purpose of the no-sub method..The perlite is only there to create a floating island effect...
"No sub" makes it possible to have more than enough water for the 60 day duration,without having direct contact with the egg(In this way the egg gets moisture from the air instead of direct contact.)
Perlite is actually a very poor substate compared to vermiculite.Direct contact isn't the best idea...If one wants to bury eggs then just use vermiculite.
See how the whole thing is floating?..This also makes it easier to tilt boxes if they start to rain from the lids(Provided of course that the grid is small enough to allow it.)
Here i have a few boxes showing where i got better at gauging how much perlite to water ratio i could minimize to,before the islands either sunk or i didn't have enough water for the duration.
..and here is a shot if the top box on hatch day
The eggs will stay non-dimpled all the way up until they are about to hatch.(Two clutches below were laid a month apart from one another.)
good luck
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Charles Glaspie
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RE: Some incubation questions. - Coldthumb, Mon Mar 10 18:45:00 2008