I incubate R. ciliatus at 72-78, 79.5 constant and 65-72F. All
hatch and do well,
but like Doug, they're sold before I can sex them. I used to have
a few remain
unsold during the winter, but not this year or last.
Neil
I'm obviously not Neil...
I followed that same series of posts last year and incubated my R. ciliatus eggs in the low 70'sF. It is hard to tell what I got as I usually end up selling them younger than 6 months old, but several folks that bought some of them reported they turned out female. Unfortuneately, I can't show any exact distributions. My feeling is that I got more females than usual, but certainly not mostly female.
martin wrote:
Hello,I've been reading previous post ( feb 2003 ) and I wanted to know if you did in deed tried to incubate R. Ciliatus eggs at low temperature and what where the results ? Where they mostly females ?>I keep all ciliatus eggs in my basement, at 66-72=B0F (18.8-22.2=B0C) and get mostly females, approximately 85% or more. The eggs take 120-140 days to hatch, but there have been no problems with the hatchlings. They
hatch perfectly and eat within a day or two.
>HildeMartin ;)
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6450 Young Street, Suite 4
Halifax, NS B3L 2A3
Canada
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