Egg Box Poll..

[Python Lair]

Ok so since the breeding season is coming up I need to get this clarified! What do you do and what do you feel is the best method for having egg boxes?? If your method is not on the poll please describe in comments. I know there is a method in this forum but I know not everyone follows it. Please tell me step by step what you do if your method is different!! A lot of people use:

6qt Sterilite Shoe Boxes.. I am using http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053 (do to the nice boxy style of the bin)
Question: should i put two holes in for circulation or keep it air tight??

Some people use the glad press n' seal..Do you??

Light diffuser??? (I am going to use this)

Vermiculite and Perlite (Doesn't Matter)

The poll are some of the things I have seen, please let me know what you do and if you don't see your method or the materials you use please comment what you do!!! This will help a new python breeder! Thank you for your help it will not be taken for granted!!

[AK907]

We usually use glad style tupperware containers. No air holes, but I refresh the air as need and monitor them for any mold or such. We use vermiculite as a substrate. Enough water that it clumps, but not so much that it drips gobs of water when you squeeze it. So far we've had no problems whatsoever. We keep our incubator in a walk in closet, so light isn't an issue. It works for us, but any of those methods will work. Find what works best for you and stick with it. People make it out to be a lot harder than it has to be.

[llovelace]

I use 6qt shoebox, no holes, light diffuser

[benwallage9]

whats a light diffuser

[snakesRkewl]

I use sterilite locking lid 7qt tubs with 2 holes towards the top on each long side of the tub.
Light diffuser panel over perlite that is drenched so water barely touches the bottom of the light diffuser.
No seal a meal.

I prefer making the process simple and easy and let the tub breath while making sure the humidity stays about 90% to 95%.
I don't have to open a tub ever if I don't want to, at least not till I see pippers

[RichsBallPythons]

[snakesRkewl]

whats a light diffuser

The white panel under the eggs, that is the light diffuser panel, it covers the recessed ceiling lights in office buildings.

[Python Lair]

I use sterilite locking lid 7qt tubs with 2 holes towards the top on each long side of the tub.
Light diffuser panel over perlite that is drenched so water barely touches the bottom of the light diffuser.
No seal a meal.

I prefer making the process simple and easy and let the tub breath while making sure the humidity stays about 90% to 95%.
I don't have to open a tub ever if I don't want to, at least not till I see pippers

So you basically fill the perlite to the brim with water until the water touches the light diffuser?

[snakesRkewl]

So you basically fill the perlite to the brim with water until the water touches the light diffuser?

I put about 2 inches or less of perlite and add water until it covers the perlite.
I then tilt the tub and drain off some of the excess water that build up in the corner and then place the light diffuser panel on the perlite.
As long as the water doesn't touch the eggs your golden.

[seang89]

6qt rubbermaid, no holes/regular lid, 1:1 water/vermiculite, eggs go right on top of the vermiculite. Then they sit in my DIY incubator for 56 days

Just how I do it. Ive never messed around with light diffuser, I've never had a problem without it so I don't see why I would add complications of having to lock eggs into their positions.

Press N Seal may or may not do the same thing as the regular bin lid. My bins close snugly and don't allow much airflow in or out so I stuck with the lids.