Help with eggs

We are waiting on 6 more clutches of eggs and not sure what needs to be done to prevent the same occurring again. I know everyone has their own best way to incubate, but not sure whether to stick to this plan or change it. Massively confused at this point. Right now I know the incubator is 100% stable on temps and humidity, any ideas on another plan to up the success rate? or is it just a toss up on actually hatching some eggs this year lol.

Using a second layer of lighting grate worked out the best for me to make sure there was no contact with the substrate.

I've also seen a layer of this plastic canvas used under the light diffuser to help keep it from sinking.

http://www.joann.com/darice-stiff-pl...r/1971233.html

hi, understand your frustration ... but I think I read you did not use press/seal? If so, I learned the hard way as well. Absolutely use it and seal the tubs ... makes all the difference. Using the grate allows you to over compensate in terms of water, but the press/seal will set the proper level of tub humidity. Works every time for me. Anyway, good luck, hope you don't lose these guys ... my first two clutches this season were largely slugs ... so know the feeling. :)

David

Well the eggs look like old potatoes, lol, but they are not molding. gonna keep them in the incubator for another few weeks and wait and see. We just got a new batch of eggs today, and husband is convinced that we need to maternally incubate them. We shall see how that works I guess. Fingers crossed

I dont think press n seal would have helped this situation as the humidity was already too high! Maternally incubation is good to try to but make sure you look it up on forum to offer best possible success rate! I think you may have add'd too much water to your 1:1 ratio! to get it that wet/humid. But as others have said if you do happen to get a wet spot You can use liquid bandaid or Elmers glue(id personally use elmers, since well its pretty much safe to eat! and if anything is absorbed it wouldnt be too bad!)

I didn't quite commit to using the substrateless method with my clutch this year but I did take an idea from it. I used a piece of that 'egg crate' plastic grid stuff to raise the eggs above the vermiculite mix I used as a medium. I did it so I could add more water freely without worrying about overdoing it, and it seems to be working... here's my clutch at day 49.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/20/a2ubamet.jpg

Can you update us about the eggs? I've been wondering how they're doing...

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