I think I need a bit of clarification on the water method for egg incubation.
We're planning to breed our beardies in about six weeks time. We would do it earlier, but we're going to be out of the country for the last two weeks in August and for obvious reasons, would prefer to wait until we get home.
I'd like to incubate the eggs using the water method. We've got a spare fish tank and aquarium heater. I've tested the aquarium heater and it seems to be accurate to within 1.5 degrees Celcius. I was going to put the eggs in the usual tub of moist vermiculite and then suspend the tub in the water (with a lid of flymesh so hatchies can't get out and drown if they make an appearance while I'm not at home).
Any advice for a first-timer? These are the things I'm not 100% sure about
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[] How far into the vermiculite should I place the eggs?
[] How far apart should the eggs be spaced?
[] What temperature should I set the aquarium heater to?
[] And is there anything special I need to do regarding humidity? Should the vermiculite tub or fishtank have a lid? Or should I just leave everything open and mist the eggs if they look dry?
[] One last thing: I have heard that when removing the eggs from wherever mummy beardie has laid them, it is extremely important to keep them facing the same way up that they were laid?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I don't want our first attempt at breeding to end up a disaster
