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13-Apr-08, 05:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: townsville Age/Gender: 23  | | | water, vermiculite ratio?
g'day,
can anyone tell me what the recommended water/vermiculite ratio for incubating woma eggs and whats the recommened incubating temp is? also any other tips for a first timer at incubating woma eggs?
cheers.
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13-Apr-08, 05:44 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Age/Gender: 13 | | | | sorry to steal the thread but also where do you get vermiculate? |
13-Apr-08, 06:03 PM
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13-Apr-08, 06:04 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 35 | | | | 500 grams to 400ml of water, some people use 500 grm and 500 ml but i find it a bit sloppy. Set temp at 31.5 degrees.
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13-Apr-08, 06:05 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 23 | | | | 500 grams of vermiculite to 400 mls of water at 31.5 c +/- 1 c
you can get vermiculite at any hydroponics store |
13-Apr-08, 06:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Just to let you know I bought Vermiculite at my local Bunnimgs for about $8.00 last week. |
13-Apr-08, 06:33 PM
|  | Sponsor | | | | | I personally run vermicutilt 1:1 then add double that amount of water again and have a shelf for the eggs to sit on works great
Have also used no vermiculite but water tends to splash a bit so the vermiculite helps with that
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13-Apr-08, 06:34 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brisbane Queensland | | | | Water Water Water
Can ANYBODY on here give me ONE reason why you have to have vermiculite at all, apart from the b#lls##t reason the bloke down the road does, l have been using water only for 10-12 years with womas bhp,s macs and diamonds with excellent results and would never again use anything else.........at 31.5 ......cheers solar 17...[baden] |
13-Apr-08, 06:38 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-05 Location: wide bay queensland | | | what do you use to suspend your eggs?.
cheers 
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13-Apr-08, 06:44 PM
| | SUPERMAN | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Rockhampton Gender: | | | | give the man with the water 10 points
i can personally vouch for solar 17's use of water, nice, clean and vermiculite free is the way to be- cheers |
13-Apr-08, 06:48 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Adelaide Gender: | | | | Mitre 10 sells it i got some today also big w
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13-Apr-08, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by solar 17  Can ANYBODY on here give me ONE reason why you have to have vermiculite at all, apart from the b#lls##t reason the bloke down the road does, l have been using water only for 10-12 years with womas bhp,s macs and diamonds with excellent results and would never again use anything else.........at 31.5 ......cheers solar 17...[baden] | acts as a temperature buffer
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13-Apr-08, 06:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Gracemere, Qld Gender: | | | | wayter water water as well
i to use nothing but water as does solar17 but i use water with my monitor eggs and find it works great and i would use nothing else |
13-Apr-08, 07:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: townsville Age/Gender: 23 | | | | can someone explain the water only method?
cheers
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13-Apr-08, 07:09 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brisbane Queensland | | | | water water water
still NO good reasons in MY opinion l use a carel thermostat on a UPS system and get POINT ONE of a degree variation.....cheers solar 17 [baden] | |
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