I personally began using a new product called Hatchrite. It is the best thing since sliced bread. I work with a variety of herps and have used it on all thier eggs with great success. The stuff looks like vermiculite but has some polymer coating that holds moisture. You never have to add water to it and you eggs remain plump for the duration of the incubation. The manufacturer suggests that you dont reuse it on a new batch of eggs but I have incubated 4 clutches of Beardie eggs with the same batch without ever adding water-awesome!!. I also work with chondros and as you may or may not know thier eggs are extremely difficult to manage because they are extremely sensitive to moisture. If they get a single drop of water on them it could kill them. Its very difficult keeping high humidity and dry eggs at the same time. I incubated 2 clutches of chondro eggs withthis stuff and never had a worry. They stayed dry and plump the whole time. The stuff is pretty cheap too considering the low to zero maintenece level of the product-just set it and forget it-hehe. I have 11 pyro eggs cooking right now in the stuff and they are looking great.
Good luck

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