condensation in egg box help

im testing my incubator now and i am getting too much condensation on the walls and lid of the egg box. what can i do to reduce the amount of condensation??

If I understand correctly... it's caused bye a difference of temps between locations??? What type of inc are you using?

im using a styrofoam box and heating it with a water heater in a tub of water underneath the egg box. the room temp is 75 degrees. could that be the reason why im getting condensation?

Prolly... I'm really not sure, I just remember something in VPI's book about condensation... have you searched here for home made incs?

ya i have and most of them are heated by heat tape which seems like a good idea but i dont know if i have enough time to actually change my setup. i may try to dry out the vermiculite a little and put my incubators in my reptile room so the temperature difference isnt so dramatic.

any other ideas??

Condinsation is good, But not on the lid.. If water can drip on the eggs they will not make it. Or they will come out deformed.

ya thats what i have been reading and i have been getting a small amount of condensation on the sides up until today when i noticed some on the lid and it looks like enough to start dripping eventually and i dont know what to do now.

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Originally Posted by bigballs

ya thats what i have been reading and i have been getting a small amount of condensation on the sides up until today when i noticed some on the lid and it looks like enough to start dripping eventually and i dont know what to do now.

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Redue your mixture, Take out your medium and put in a new batch only dryer, See how that works..

i have a hygrometer in the egg box and it says 95% humidity. thats the right range but maybe the vermiculite is too damp because im planning on incubating using the substrateless method and i think i might have over saturated the vermiculite.

ill try remixing it tomorrow and see how it works out.

thanks.

this is the amount of condensation im getting on the lid of the egg box. is this acceptable or are my eggs at risk??

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