incubator will be built :)

Thanks; I moved it. It Is ok that the bottles are sitting right atop the FW? I guess it would be, seeing as it is sandwitched between tub and shelf in a rack..

I like the whole water bottle setup, but do the eggs need some kind of moisture they will get from vermiculite and perlite? I s it to dry using water bottles? Just a question, I was curious about the whole thing.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

It Is ok that the bottles are sitting right atop the FW?

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No issue with the bottles once up and running the flex doesn't really get that hot...just enough to keep the water in the bottles at 88 degrees (or whatever you incubate at).

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Originally Posted by crisstyle21

I like the whole water bottle setup, but do the eggs need some kind of moisture they will get from vermiculite and perlite? I s it to dry using water bottles? Just a question, I was curious about the whole thing.

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Crisstyle21,
you still wet the vermic/perlite. The water bottles just act as a heat barrier and heat holding tank. They just help level out the temps

I have the probe near the boxes; it is still at 75 degrees; I am thinking it just needs time to heat up?

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I have the probe near the boxes; it is still at 75 degrees; I am thinking it just needs time to heat up?

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I assume the 75 is inside the egg boxes? If so then Yes it will take several hours to heat up...you can speed it up by opening the lids of the egg boxes (just for now...close them once they heat up)

I have the probe in one of the boxes; is his a humidity issue? it is at 80 now! getting there..
Great suggestion there; I opened the boxes for now.

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I have the probe in one of the boxes; is his a humidity issue? it is at 80 now! getting there..

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Hard to know yet if it is a humidity issue. When I set mine up I had too low humidity in the incubator vs the egg boxes and as a result I was getting a lot of condensation inside the egg boxes. I fixed this by adding a dish of water (see the photos) on the bottom...but my boxes weren't air tight like yours. I would let it all get up to temp (with the perilite and water in the egg boxes) and see how it shakes out. Then we can adjust anything that is out of wack still.

Sounds cool; it went up two degrees. Unf, I need to go to bed soon; I hope that overnight, it will stabilize. I am glad that I have ths Helix; it gies me a ton of peace of mind. :)

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Sounds cool; it went up two degrees. Unf, I need to go to bed soon; I hope that overnight, it will stabilize. I am glad that I have ths Helix; it gies me a ton of peace of mind. :)

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Glad it is coming together so well. Once all setup you should have no more issues with errant temp spikes and you will be hatching out some awesome babies real soon. :)