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[squirrelmonkey]

Hatching!! thanks!

[Ferret1959]

Originally Posted by squirrelmonkey

Hatching!! thanks!

I have 2 and a 1/2 out of approx 40.
Not as good as I was expecting.

[philbaker76]

Oh no. Did they hatch though mate?

Usually, problems are either water or food - they're really delicate for fist month or so.

Let me know. Cheers, Phil

[Ferret1959]

Originally Posted by philbaker76

Oh no. Did they hatch though mate?

Usually, problems are either water or food - they're really delicate for fist month or so.

Let me know. Cheers, Phil

I now have got three hatched.

There are a lot of what looks like dead eggs.

Just white and nothing happening at all.

[philbaker76]

Roughly, how many look like dead eggs mate? ~ and could you post or PM me your order number? Cheers, Phil

[Ferret1959]

Originally Posted by philbaker76

Roughly, how many look like dead eggs mate? ~ and could you post or PM me your order number? Cheers, Phil

I'd say at least half of them.
Some look part developed and white, some are just like white embryos that haven't started to develop.

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[philbaker76]

I've PM'd you. Make sure they're not in direct sunlight ~ I've lost eggs in the past from having them in the window bottom.

They can hatch around a week apart; but usually they all hatch within a couple of days of each other. Take out any un-developed eggs if you can - maybe seperate the ones that are part developed (just-in-case they are developing).

You don't want a fungus starting in your hatchling tank.

[Ferret1959]

Thanks Phil.

[squirrelmonkey]

Originally Posted by Ferret1959

I have 2 and a 1/2 out of approx 40.
Not as good as I was expecting.

I kept mine at about 18 - 19 degrees, which could be why they hatched earlier? Ended up with 17 hatching out of 25. Two eggs were white, which I wrongly expected to be some type of albino. They were just infertile. Just over half ended up golden, the rest wild type.

How are yours getting on?

[philbaker76]

Sounds like a good amount of hatching from approx 20 eggs. Don't be so sure of colours ~ they can still change; an earlier lot I had, Golden Albino, Melanoid Albino, White and Wild Type all from the same batch ~ newly hatched they all looked Albino and Wild Type.

Now the hard part ~ keeping them going. They're really delicate until they're about 3cm ~ then they get tougher! Good luck.