Bad season, or did I screw something up?

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Sealed containers, no wrap required. All my bps are maintained at 90° hotspot with 80° cool end.

My hotspot stays around 88 year round 90 is fine. My room temp is 75-77 in the summer and 72-75 in the winter (which is my breeding season). So those temps are basically my cool side temps. I kept hearing 80 is fine there is no problem breeding them with that high of a cool side temp from individuals. Even though many people I know cool things down. So I tried it after years of cooling with great results. With the higher temps my results were so bad I wanted to cry. Between slugs, infertiles and eggs that died in the incubator I bet half of what was layed got thrown out. Not to mention the lower then usual amount of girls that laid. I rarely have eggs die in the incubator. Unless they went in with no veins and I was praying lol. Many say no need to cool things down. They are right balls will breed and lay without cooling it down. However the amount of bad eggs probably go up. It went way way up for me. I have had 1 slug this year, zero infertiles, and well over 100 healthy eggs so far. 3 males that were used were 2014 virgins and there were 6 virgin girls that laid so far this year. One of the virgin girls gave me the slug. People keep telling me those temps will give them RI. Yet I have not ever had one in my collection. In my old house the room temp use to get down in the upper 60s. I would have girls in the front of the tub even at those temps trying to cool down. They would be cold to the touch. We don't give these critters the credit they deserve. They know how to regulate their temps. They don't just crawl into a cold spot and die. They have a warm spot and a cold spot to figure out themselves what they need. Everyone does things different. Everyone needs to figure out their own method. Just sharing my experience and how I do it.