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| lukeraymont |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 16:18:25
i haave had my eggs for around 4 days and i have read on here since different substrates i have vermiculite with sphagnum moss in top of the eggs do you recomend this combination. from what i have gathereed it keeps the humidity up which is a good thing what humidity would you recomend??? |
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| gingerpony |
Posted - 07/07/2011 : 18:02:27
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Originally posted by lukeraymont
so you would not bother with the digital hygrometer as i have just got one
my OH has a didgi hygro in his incubator but i don't bother |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 21:48:57
quote:
Originally posted by lukeraymont
and reptiledanny i reall want a royal how much are they to keep and that ?
pop across to the sister site www.theroyalpython.co.uk
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| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 18:18:37
and reptiledanny i reall want a royal how much are they to keep and that ?
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| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 18:16:55
so you would not bother with the digital hygrometer as i have just got one |
| reptiledanny |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 15:32:38
ye they are pretty expensive, and im waiting for the bigger one as mine would be for royals lol, i might see if i can create my own thing with some stuff iv seen from other people, its basically just raising the eggs above the substrate so that they still get all the humidity, but have 100% oxygen round them |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 14:07:11
the SIM boxes only come in one size at the moment and are about £20, then you need the usual incubation medium, heatsource, stat and thermometer
i was chatting to the guy that imports them from the US and they're bringing out a larger size suitable for royals eggs and are open to suggestions and feedback as it's a relatively new product. i really was impressed  and although we're not going to be using the squamataconcepts SIM container we're building something similar on a larger scale
as for a hygrometer, i don't usually bother monitoring it, i just make sure there's condensation! but the dial ones are pretty useless IMO........ |
| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 13:21:44
also would you recomend a digital hygrometer of a dial hygrometer( the ones that are round and stick to the side) |
| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 13:20:40
wow that looks cool is it expensive?
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| reptiledanny |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 12:28:30
im planning on using a sim container or something similar to them when i eventually breed as have heard many good reports of this method
info about the SIM conatiner:
http://www.squamataconcepts.com/index.php |
| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 12:16:15
wow i have a carolina called jake as well haha and the temperature is the easy bit just keeping humidity high which at the moent looks pretty good to me |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 10:17:22
Personally I use just vermiculite, which seems to have worked wonders (8 out of 11 hatched so far, 1 is pipping and the other 2 look like they'll be pipping soon). My temp is at 28-29*C. |
| lukeraymont |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 09:22:51
what is sim. sorry im new to breeding |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 20:32:07
i think 33*C+ is pretty effective at killing off anything that's developing 
i have mine at 29*C
thinking of trying SIM next time though, Asha might double clutch to fingers crossed! |
| gmac |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 18:00:17
28.5 is good, you dont want anything above 30. |
| lukeraymont |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 17:59:47
Cheers guys also what is the max temp the incubator can get to before it damages the eggs? I have mine at 28.5 |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 17:16:21
i usually use vermiculite with a covering of sphagnum moss, this year i didn't use the moss and got some mouldy eggs, the tannins in the sphag moss act as a mould inhibitor |
| gmac |
Posted - 03/07/2011 : 16:21:29
verm and moss is what I used successfully this year. Humididty as near to 100% as you can get. |
