New breeder questions

[Tommy13b]

Recentilly i tryed to breed my femlare albino bell(2 years old) with my male tang( almost 2) and it ended quite violantly so i sepereaited them, the make made a vibrating noise with his tail and bitt my female on the neck but my female goes nuts and stats biteing him back. Dose this mean she dosent want to breed? Also what is the temp range for incubateing females if she decides to breed?

 

[Tommy13b]

*bump*

 

[acpart]

THe male displayed typical mating behavior and the female displayed typical "not now honey" behavior. As long as the male backs off as soon as the female gives that response, it's OK. If either one keeps biting it's best to separate, as you did. It's less likely the female will be receptive to mating if she's not ovulating. Search the forums to see pictures of what ovulation looks like. You could try putting them together again in a week to see what happens.

If you are successful in breeding, incubating at about 80-82 should yield all females. In 4 seasons of incubating at this temp I have not yet gotten a male.

Aliza

 

[Tommy13b]

Okay, i made a makeshift incubater today and i was surprised to see how easly it was made, its a styraphome fishing box with a hole cut in the top for a light, it stays around exactly 82!

 

[RampantReptiles]

you may want to keep track of humidity as well in your incubator. The humidity needs to be high at all times for your eggs or they will probably fail.

 

[Tommy13b]

i have a humidity gadge what does it need to be at, i plan on putting plastickrap with holes in it to keep my eggs moist.