I use coarse grade vermiculite and during the incubation process I have to add water once or twice until they hatch. Even with the incubator you might get a temperature drop if the house gets cold I don't worry about that as long as its not a huge drop. Also the same thing will happen if it gets hot the temp will rise in the incubator so you have to check it once in awhile. I use a digital thermometer and put the prob in one of the holes this way I don't have to keep opening the top. Adding water to the bottom of the incubator itself is useless because the eggs are in plastic cups.

i was told to use vermiculite. what are the instructions if i use that? does it have to be as deep as 2 to 3 inches? or can it be more like 1 to 2 inches?

i thought you are not suppose to add water near the eggs at all or you might get them wet?

also, i cant get the temp of the hovabator to go below 80-85.....will that be alright for veilds

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That is too high.
Personally, I would ditch the incubator and put the eggs in a plastic shoebox in the closet.
temps ranging from 67 to 76 degrees would be ideal and some fluctuation within those temperatures is fine.
Temperatures closer to the 76 degree mark during the last few months would (in my opinion) be beneficial.

-Brad

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Brad has hit the nail on the head, ditch the incubator you don't need it unless your hatching geckos. I place the deli cups on a top shelf in my reptile room and have had 100% hatch rate (30/30) on my last batch. I used moistened vermiculite and found that I didn't have to add any water the entire time.

hey dean you are so rite about the fan i removed mine not because it dryed them out but it kept bringing the temp up to high as far as shoe box in a closet winter time its way to cold in the closet if you live in the northeast

you can add water to the surrounding areas. just dont let water touch eggs.

http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=111

heres info about eggs and fixing dehydrated eggs.

yea i probably will just put them in a container on the shelf....i have been fidgiting with this incubator for a week now, and just can't get it where I want it to be......i have some old country crock tubs I can use.....so vermiculite...not hatchrite....or would hatchrite be alright to use??

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