orkaloca
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Post by orkaloca on Jun 4, 2006 11:47:49 GMT
Hi all! ^_^
today the question is about your incubator
I've read that most of you use incubators, but do you have bought one? If yes, which brand/model?
Or have you made the incubator by yourself? And if so, in which way?
have you got some "how to do" projects to share?
let's talk about it! ^_^
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Jun 4, 2006 11:49:54 GMT
I bought mine off the net, same place Sarah did. Will have to rummage up the link. They make them in different sizes and they are heated. Mine has 3 seperate compartments and I think Sarah's has 7.
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Jun 4, 2006 11:55:30 GMT
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orkaloca
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Post by orkaloca on Jun 4, 2006 12:03:29 GMT
nice! O.o so do you use those for plants, not those for reptiles or eggs! interesting! Moracai, in your Garland is possible to set the temperature as you like? or it is fixed? And how do you keep the humidity? just keeping moist the substrate? And which substrate do you use in that case? vermiculite? soil? what? Sorry for my 1000 questions  |
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Jun 4, 2006 13:42:54 GMT
It is a set temperature, if you use compost or coir, just keep spraying to keep the moisture as they need it. If you just use capillary matting, you need to put a layer of tissue or something under it, as it can get a bit too warm for the eggs and babies. Since I use coir, the temp seems to be perfect.
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orkaloca
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Post by orkaloca on Jun 4, 2006 15:18:42 GMT
ok ^_^
And if I would like to made my own incubator (I've found some nice projects online), what will be the ideal temperature to set my thermostat? 25/28°C ?
tks
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Jun 4, 2006 17:32:18 GMT
The one I have says it heats to 19C (67F), so thats probably about right, unless someone else has a better view on temp?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Jun 4, 2006 17:53:40 GMT
yes the propagator we use lets of 19°C but with the vents closed the air inside the compartments heat to between 26 - 30°C
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orkaloca
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Post by orkaloca on Jun 4, 2006 18:00:49 GMT
thank you! I'l try to find a similar propagator... I hope to have some batch this summer.
I've just discovered that last summer, when I left my snails for 4 months at my boyfriend, they laied lot of eggs, and my boy leave atch 2 of them, but the babies didn't survive >.<
Now I'd like to retry ^_^
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