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rpelaez
at Mon Sep 14 08:34:06 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rpelaez ]
I live in Phoenix. The temps during the summer are Africa HOT. I'm a throwback and use incandescent lighting for overhead ambient heat, mostly 25 watt bulb, but occasionally 40 watt if the tank is taller than a 20L. I have a little over 30 tanks with light bulbs in my snake room. I keep my house at 77F during the summer months. I hatched out 8 clutches of very healthy looking alterna, 3 clutches of celaenops and 1 clutch of "annulops" lol using vermiculite. I've always used vermiculite (soaked then really squeezed of all water), and I incubate at room temps, but the temps are variable in my snake room, ranging from a low of 77 to a high perhaps of 86 (maybe a little higher) after these lights have been on all day. My guess is that these eggs are at 77F for 12-14 hrs, then only at peak temps for 2-3 hours, and somewhere in between for 7-10 hours. Anyway, that's what has worked for me.
Robert
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Perlite shmerlite...lol - rpelaez, Mon Sep 14 08:34:06 2009