Hi David,
I have had the styrofoam Hovabator going constantly for almost two years
(I vary the settings between 79 and 82 degrees F). I have a digital
Radio Shack temperature and humidity gauge (with minimum and maximum) in
there as well. The temperatures remain pretty constant once they have
reached the set temp (like I said I like to vary it every few weeks),
within a degree or two.
My Hovabator came with a stainless steel sheet of mesh, 1/4" X 1/4"
openings. I laid this flat on the floor of the unit and add water to the
chambers. I find that if I fill both inner chambers with water and have
the two red caps out (on the top of the unit) I can get humidity in the
70% - 80% range, while still getting some air circulation (my house's
humidity is pretty low). My incubation containers (deli containers) have
a generous amount of holes (actually strips, 2-3 inches long and 1/16 -
1/8 inches wide) cut into them to get good air circulation. I have had
good success with hatching Paroedura picta (used to be pictus) eggs.
The mesh has prevented any escaped hatchlings to get to the water and
drown. I have had several escapes and they are just too big to fit
through the 1/4" mesh. When I first got the unit I made sure to flatten
the mesh out so that no gaps were present when it sat on the floor of
the incubator.
Hope this helps.
Yuri Huta
David Macias wrote:
>
> Julie, Steven, and Doug,
>
> Thank you for your tips. I received my Hovabator yesterday morning and tested it
>for 10 hours and
> it maintained the temperature quite well. The Hovabator has a section on the bottom
>to put water
> for added humidity, so Doug, since you are using the same incubator, do you use the
>wet sphagnum
> instead of adding water or do you frown on using water in order to reduce possible
>drowning of gecko
> hatchling if it was to fall on it? The humidity with this added water has been a
>constant 70% and I
> don't know how to increase it without closing all the vent holes which I don't know
>if I should do?
> Because of what I've been told, keeping the eggs in the higher 80 degree range will
>produce males,
> is this correct? Lower 70's females, is this correct? Finally, is there a way to
>tell if the eggs
> are good, i.e. putting a light under the eggs etc..... what should I be looking for?
>
> Sincerely,
> David Macias
>
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