Incubation substrat for U. guentheri?

[castelnaui]

From my first few eggs of U. guentheri hatched babies, but suddently from the further eggs nothing hatches anymore ...

I incubate in closed cricket boxes; substrat is on the ground seramis, then active coal and final soil. I alway control that the substrat is not really wet and not dry ...
I incubate at the temperature inbetween 23 - 25 ° C

On this way I have no problems to get hatched my Oeduras or Rhacs ... but I wonder if there's a better way with the U. guentheri ...?
It's such a pitty for the last 5 eggs from where nothing hatched ...
Because from my first eggs there hatched babies I thougth it would work on my usuall way ... :roll::?

For any helping advices and experience I would be glad

Regards
Peter

 

[Peter B]

Hi Peter,

This one works for me: very wet perlite and the eggs in dry perlite in a bottlecap placed on top of it in a closed cricketbox (with small holes). I keep them at 25°c. I open the boxes every week to check humidity of the perlite. Good luck.

 

[castelnaui]

Hi Peter,

Thanks a lot for the advice!! This is a very good idea! I don't know why I didn't get this myself, because sonds exactly to solve my problem! On this way I have it very wet and the eggs are not laying wet! I think this is my problem ...:?

In that case you have the cricket boxes as well closed, have you?!?

Regards
Peter

 

[Peter B]

Hi Peter,

I do keep the boxes closed. I open them only once a week to check. This is a picture of something similar. Then I used vermiculite instead of perlite and were both eggs on a big plate instead of on seperate small caps. Looks nicer with a single egg per cap. I got the idea out of the book of Patrick Schonecker. Great book by the way :idea:
The eggs hatched after 85 days at 25°c.

 

[castelnaui]

Hi Peter,

I wanted to say thank you to you! Actually I should have known this on my onw ... (I have Patrick Schönecker's NTV-Book aswell ... embarrasing :roll::blushing:!?)

Happily it worked out as well again with my traditional method! There just hatched two babies again, nevertheless I lost some eggs and other doesn't look very well ... :shock:!

Therefore I prepaired it now with your or better Patrick Schönecker method ...
I have no Perlit so I'll try it with Seramis ..., should work as well I guess ...

Once more Thank you ...

Regards
Peter

 

[lessthantito]

I also use aquatic pond soil I think it's called Seramis in Europe and it works very well for everything I have hatched out