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substrateless incubation

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  • 04-22-2015, 12:50 PM
    hungba
    substrateless incubation
    I've been doing incubation in the "substrateless but not really" fashion as follows:

    Have a normal egg tub with vermiculite etc. So thst isn't really "substrateless", but put a light diffuser between substrate and eggs.

    I was taught to do this way and it worked so I never changed it.

    I know that all you need is water in there, but the vermiculite I put there just to stop the water splashing if I need to move the tubs.

    Now, someone suggested I use something like a sponge, those for aquarium filtering etc, instead of vermiculite, or even a towel. So I don't need to deal with vermuculite. Will this work?
  • 04-22-2015, 12:54 PM
    Brent857
    Re: substrateless incubation
    I used a sponge last year for my first clutch and it worked great
  • 04-22-2015, 02:16 PM
    hungba
    What kind of sponge? Just regular cleaning sponges? I have some of that aquarium filter sponge lying around.
  • 04-22-2015, 03:07 PM
    marwari31
    I used aquarium rocks because I had a new bag lying around, worked well for me! Now that's all I use.
  • 04-22-2015, 04:15 PM
    Aes_Sidhe
    Sim Container and water rules !!! if we talking about Substrate less
  • 04-22-2015, 04:55 PM
    Tsanford
    Re: substrateless incubation
    This sounds so easy, definitely helped me with some ideas!
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