hatchrite

[jandie]

just wondering....most of what i've read through the forum about the breeding and eggs and such has pretty much a theme regarding types of "substrate" for egg laying and incubation...and maybe i've missed it somewhere with so many threads and posts, so i apologize if so.

any advice on using the hatchrite? i've seen it advertised in several places...in fact as part of a package on an incubator that i've been looking at, they included it in the package.

just wondering if anyone's had any experience with it...if its good for a first timer/first clutch....etc.

any advice or recommendations would be great. thanks! =)

 

[Psi]

Using it right now with 1/3 of a clutch (other 2/3rds are in perlite)
Seems to be working as expected.
Nothings gone bad with it yet (so that may be a bad sign lol)

 

[eriksorg]

It just seemed to me that hatchrite and perlite are the same thing!

 

[jrh3]

Hatchrite is Perlite and polymer water crystals mixed together. But yes hatchrite works great, expensive, but great. It is perfect for the hobby breeder. At about month 3 or 4 you might want to add a coke cap full of water to each end of the container you are incubating in. It will spread throughout with hatchrite.

 

[mwebb]

The best

just wondering....most of what i've read through the forum about the breeding and eggs and such has pretty much a theme regarding types of "substrate" for egg laying and incubation...and maybe i've missed it somewhere with so many threads and posts, so i apologize if so.

any advice on using the hatchrite? i've seen it advertised in several places...in fact as part of a package on an incubator that i've been looking at, they included it in the package.

just wondering if anyone's had any experience with it...if its good for a first timer/first clutch....etc.

any advice or recommendations would be great. thanks! =)

I have used everything and hatchrite is the best thing i have used.

 

[tkilgour]

I agree with Mike Webb, Hatchrite is the bomb! My next second choice is vermiculite.

 

[jandie]

awesome! thanks for all the replies! i'd really like to make sure if something goes wrong, it wasn't something i did, and i know there's a lot to it....just certainly don't want to start out wrong. lol.