Hydro-granulate for incubation ?

[Sebastian]

Hi,

I´ve read several times that some people are using some kind of hydrogranulate (for plants) to incubate soft shelled geckos eggs (like Nephrurus)
We have this stuff in Europe, it´s called "Seramis".
I´d like to try that next breeding season but I have a few questions:

What´s the water : granulate ratio?
Do you you use active coal to prevent mold? (if yes how much)
Do you have holes in your incubation containers or are they dense?
Do you have to re-water the substrate ?
Do you bury the eggs completely ?

Thanks a lot!

Sebastian

 

[luc]

I started using seramis this season with good results. So I will try to answer your questions. First of all you should open a bag of seramis and let the seramis dry you will see that the color of dry seramis is different from wet. So then you should add water until the seramis turns dark red and no water remains I can't tell you what the ratio water/granulate is , thatis how I was told to mix with water. I didn't use any active coal. I have holes in my incubaton containers but it also work without. I did have to rewater, you can see when this needs to be done because the seramis becomes lighter. I did bury my eggs completly. I used it with chahoua and leachianus eggs and my chahoua eggs had a 100% hatch rate.

 

[Sebastian]

Hello luc

thank you very much for your details.

I think I´ll give it a try this breeding season.

best regards

Sebastian