ta da!! Cooler Incubator

[ADEE]

Here is our spin on the incubator lol... Thanks to the handy sticky thread we have the basic design down. Were waiting on an order of flex watt and it will be complete! It can hold up to two bins if they are stacked on top of each other, is this ok to do? Any suggestions are of course welcome. (what was the "Great stuff" for anyway?? Did I miss something?)

A cooler?! I think NOT...

Take a peek in the window...

A look inside


Thanks to the wonderful members here who said i could do it lol.. as soon as i get the heating element in there and temps stabalized I will be one happy camper! The "incubator" is already in our room on top of our reptile basics rack just waiting for babies

[rabernet]

Will you be using a fan? I think it looks smashing!!!!!

[tideguyinva]

Incubator looks good. Are you going to put some plexi on the front window section?

I dont have a fan in mine but I got an old refrigerator. its a really small one and only holds one egg box, is a fan necessary?

[ADEE]

the window is plexi glass... its just really clean and we used clear sealant

We hadnt planned on using a fan just because everything weve read has said no fans except in really big incubators. did i read wrong? I cant wait to get some heat in it!!!

[Drew87]

Very cool. nice job im sure it will work great

[Mochelem]

I dont think an incubator that small will need it, the fans in bigger incubators are there to eliminate hot spots and I cant imagine there being too many hot spots in a space that small..

What type of thermostat are you going to use on it?

[ADEE]

I havnt really decided.. I have a Johnson I can use or another one... the other one (Cant remember name) is steady as a rock and has never done us "Wrong" it is perfect by comparative to the johnsons.

[ADEE]

Our incubator has been fired up for a couple days now, our temps are stable and im one happy person!!!

Our temps are MIN90.2-MAX90.7... the only problem is inside the egg tub the humidity is only 46%.. do I need to add more water to the substrate? It needs to be at least 95% right?

I will take some photos tonight.

[littleindiangirl]

If you use Glad Press and Seal, you wont have to worry about what the hygrometer says if your using the egg crate and substrate. We just soaked the vermiculite and the humidity stayed perfect.

[blackcrystal22]

What substrate are you using?

If you have the proper amounts of water in the substrate, it should be a high humidity level.