William--- Another incubation medium currently in use is Schultz's Aquatic Plant Soil. It is 100% Natural Ceramic Granules. Fill a 16 oz deli cup 2/3 full of APS after dampening it. You don't want standing water. Then use a push pin to poke 6 holes only in the lid. You are ready for the eggs.
For leopard eggs I make an indentation in the medium so that the egg is half covered. Just hatched a leopard gecko June 6 using this method!! Elizabeth >Hi William, > >I made the switch to perlite two years ago. Rick has a key point in that >it does not hold water the way vermiculite does. Perlite is not very >absorbent at all, so you have to change your thinking. I have come up >with a weight system for setting it up and maintaining it with leopard >eggs using the tall 6" cups with airholes sold by Superior Enterprise >http://www.superiorenterprise.com . I fill the cups with perlite about >1/4" below the airholes. You need to add more perlite than vermiculite >because of the moisture retaining difference. Make sure you do not use >all fine perlite as the fine stuff really becomes hard and does not >leave room for the eggs to grow. I usually mix the coarse and fine stuff >(that is how it comes in the bag). Then, I pour water evenly to about >200g in weight. How much water you add after that and how often depends >on how fast water evaporates from your set-up. I am able to service my >deli cups with eggs about once a week. Using a gram scale you will be >able to establish a baseline that works. Make sure you mostly cover up >the eggs in the perlite, vermiculite you leave more egg showing. > >You will probably screw up some eggs, however, remember to err on the >dry side at first. In time you will sort it out. > >Julie B. > >Rick Gale wrote: > >> I've used perlite to incubate pairs of rhacodactylus ciliatus eggs. I >> use it pretty much just like vermiculite. The main difference is it >> doesn't really hold water the same way. I wet the perlite until it is >> thoroughly dampened, then pour off all excess water so that there is >> no standing water in the container. I weigh it and mist it back to >> its original mass every few days. I use a plastic container with a lid >> and several air holes. Depending on the species you are trying to >> hatch, your mileage may vary, but I've had no problems with this at all. >> >> Rick >> >> >> ----Original Message Follows---- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [gecko]Perlite >> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:37:33 -0400 >> >> Hello, >> >> I am thinking of switching from vermiculite to perlite as an incubation >> medium. I am unsure how to use perlite. Does anyone have any >> suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> William >> _______________________________________________ >> Global Gecko Association >> http://www.gekkota.com >> Classifieds >> http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >> gecko mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Global Gecko Association >> http://www.gekkota.com >> Classifieds >> http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >> gecko mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >Classifieds >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >gecko mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > -- Yippee, it's summer...enjoy! Elizabeth _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
