Temperature. Medium or incubator?

[richardrojas]

So this will be my first time breeding leopard and tomorrow will be 4 weeks since I saw some gecko loves. The female looks gravid so I am expecting some eggs this week. I want to make sure that I am doing everything correct. Right now I want to set the incubator to get females. So I put a thermometer inside the perilite and the temperature is 82.50ºF (plus minus 0.20ºF), but the temperature inside the incubator is 85.83ºF. My question is, What temperature is the important one?

Thanks anticipated.

 

[acpart]

When I used the hovobator with eggs buried in the substrate I would put the digital temp probe on top of the incubation box next to the proportional thermostat probe and calculated temperatures that way. I also incubate at 82 and only got 1 male leo in 5 years. Some people set up a "dummy" egg container with the probe in there. Now that I'm using the reptipro5000 with SIM, I have the probe inside the SIM container. I would guess that the temp where the eggs actually are is the one to shoot for and am surprised that the temp in the incubator is higher than inside the container and not the other way around, unless you measured the temp in the incubator right near the heat source.

ALiza

 

[CapCitySteve]

I just place a normal house thermometer on the bottom of the hoverbator grate and set the temp for 8o-82 that way (Since the heat comes from the top). It's warmer if i sit the thermometer on top of the egg cups. But that has worked for me just fine. I like her idea of setting up a dummie egg bin in the incubator. I guess what I'm trying to say is the temperature at egg level is what's important. Heat rises so the top of your incubator will always be warmer.

 

[richardrojas]

Thanks. I just put a long probe inside the incubator and other in the perilite and with the same thermometer took the measurements.