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what was the proper ratio of methylene blue/water in the no substrate incubation?

I have not used this method on eggs so I don't know for certain hopefully someone that has can give you a bit better input - I have used the meth blu in a dart frog tank and used like one or two drops to a squirt bottle.
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Tosha

I don't quite get it. Healthy eggs have essentially an "immune system", and will not grow mold (at least not in anything near proper incubation conditions). An egg that is growing mold is dead, and will not benifit from any type of antifungal. Also, a moldy egg will not normally "corrupt" its neighbors (I say normally, because I have never seen it happen [several years/several clutches per year]...Some people are of the opinion that they can occasionally kill a good egg). So...I guess I just don't see a point to using any type of antifungal......I've been doing this for a while, and simply have never seen the need. Can somebody explain why I'm wrong?

for me, this is my first breeding season.i've done my homework but my experience is second hand, so i feel an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
a friend of mine had a clutch develop some mold even though none of the eggs were bad. i believe he used a 10% bleach solution and q-tips followed by a moist q-tip swab to rinse the solution off. it's been a while so i may be fuzzy on the details.