Specific AFT breeding questions

[acpart]

I have 2 questions as I try again to have a successful AFT breeding season:

1. at what weight do you breed female AFT's? My sense from comparing my AFT's to my leos is that the AFT's are lighter than leos of the same size. Should I still be waiting till the AFT females hit 50 grams?

2. I have read several places that the minimum incubation temp for AFT eggs is slightly higher than for leo eggs. Is that really the case. Currently I am intending to incubate my leo eggs at about 80-81, though the temp sometimes goes down to 79.5. Will I have to raise my leo temps to incubate them together?

ALiza

 

[chadbandman]

the temp is fine. 82 would be better. I've hatched them in the mid 70s.

I wait until my girls are 2 years old. I get more and larger eggs. I got some brusietrs that are 75gs but most of mine are in the mid 50gs.

How big are your girls?

 

[acpart]

My original female is probably about 5 years old (I got her last year as a rescue) and weighs about 62 grams, but she has a swollen liver and I don't think she's going to be much as a breeder this year. She's been too the vet who thinks that any diagnosis or treatment will probably be very uncomfortable and possibly fatal. She is not uncomfortable at the moment so I am maintaining her as well as I can. I just got a young female yesterday who has been at the (non-big-chain) pet store for at least 6 months. She's only 24 grams and obviously not ready to breed yet. I was just trying to figure out how long I would have to wait.

Aliza

 

[HepCatMoe]

i would say wait at least another year.