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Has anybody ever built there own incubator, or know of a website that has plans to building one? From what I gathered, it seems that any box that maintains a certian temp and humidity level, will do the trick. Is this true?

Thanks
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-JayDog-

LEOS:
1.1 Hypos "Conan & Red Sonja"

Built this a couple of weeks ago. I have been testing it to see how well it holds the temps...so far, so good. I won't be putting any eggs in it until february or march.

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www.hullabalooherps.com

What are you using for heat? It looks like Light Ropes. The shelving you're using looks like plastic cover for office vents or flourescent lighting. Is this a complete Home Depot project? Or, are there any special materials used to build it?

Thanks,
Jason
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-JayDog-

LEOS:
1.1 Hypos "Conan & Red Sonja"

You are right on both...the blue rope light is on a thermostat (there are 3 digital thermometers used & I double check with my temp gun) and the shelves are egg crates. So far the temps have held steady, been about 3 weeks or so, it is still empty. I put this together using stuff I had laying around and stuff I got at Home Depot for about $30. I used the blue roll out insulation for the inside for better temps. So anyone could put one of these together.
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www.hullabalooherps.com

Thanks for the info. If I get brave and try to breed this season, I'll build one. After you built it, is there anything that you would do differently or better?
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-JayDog-

LEOS:
1.1 Hypos "Conan & Red Sonja"

I will be using a helix thermostat instead of the ESU I am using now. Other than that I am pretty happy with it.
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www.hullabalooherps.com

Well, you can get away with using an aquarium to create an incubator. Unless you are going to be hatching a lot of eggs.

The best way to do it is to fill the bottom of a glass aquarium with water. Put a brick in the bottom - or something that will rest with the top above the water. Then place an underwater heater under the water. Seran wrap a screen lid. And you should do it tightly so that the moisture doesn't escape. Get a small tupperware container, fill it with moist vermiculite, or sphagnum moss. Put a thermometer in the tupperware container. Then just let the thing heat up. You want to set the underwater heater to around 79-83 for females. 85 for a mix, and anything over that will mostly - if not always - be males.

I seem to have tossed my picture of it. If I may another one this year, I'll post it here.