substrateless/light crate incubation Q's

[SquamishSerpents]

so my first ever momma BP laid her eggs a few days ago, and i opted to use perlite + light crate for the incubation. i have the water up to the bottom of the light crate, which is sitting nicely atop the perlite. the humidity is sitting at about 89%, and the temp is around 85-89. i may be dropping the temp in a few days though, as one of my corns has a clutch of eggs comin' within the next 14 days or so.

my question though, is it normal for the eggs to flatten out when using the light crate method? i picked up an egg today (the only one that wasn't attached to the rest of them) and noticed that it has definitely flatted out due to sitting on the light crate. does this mean i should push the light crate further into the perlite, so that the perlite fills up the grid holes? or is this flattening out normal. please advise!

[snakesRkewl]

All of mine flattened out on the diffuser and just hatched out nicely.

You do not want the eggs touching the perlite.

[SquamishSerpents]

alright, thanks! i'm still in disbelief at how large a real life clutch of BP eggs is!

[mykee]

You need to be more accurate with your temps; "85-89" could be the difference between good eggs, and some hackey-sacks.

[davidnizmo]

You need to be more accurate with your temps; "85-89" could be the difference between good eggs, and some hackey-sacks.

true u need to hold good steady temps 88-90 degrees

[Gavin Cooper]

You need to be more accurate with your temps; "85-89" could be the difference between good eggs, and some hackey-sacks.

My thoughts exactly. Also you need another incubator for your corns. If you drop the temp to accommodate the corns you may kill your Balls.


Gavin

[SquamishSerpents]

You need to be more accurate with your temps; "85-89" could be the difference between good eggs, and some hackey-sacks.

i thought incubating at a lower temp just meant they would take longer than the usual 60 "or so" days to hatch? i've heard of many, many people using just the plain old top-of-the-refrigerator method of incubation?

i just guessed the temp of between 85-89. it's actually been sitting at 87, but i certainly don't trust my thermometer/tempgun to the exact degree, as it's just a $11 Canadian tire therm/hygro, and the PE-1 (entry level) tempgun as i'm not sure exactly where to point it.

[SquamishSerpents]

My thoughts exactly. Also you need another incubator for your corns. If you drop the temp to accommodate the corns you may kill your Balls.


Gavin

thanks a lot, sounds like i'd better get another temp/hygro for the 2nd hovabator