Melleri Eggs!!
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Eric Adrignola
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My CB male, Ardi, was acting up the the WC female yesterday (As soon as I enter the room, as usual...perverts just like deremensis). HE tried to mount her, but she moved away. We'll seel.
Sepioteuthis
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Congrats, Kevin! Very exciting!
ciafardo 4
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It's amazing how they just know how to nest ,they dont need to learn it.Like how she knew to cover the area so it didn't look disturbed that is just fascinating!Congrats ,meller's thats a big deal for sure hope they hatch for ya!
Eric Adrignola
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I love how melleri are becoming more mainstream. for so long, they just were not an option to experienced breeders, due to their problems and a lack of knowledge. I've been HOPING that people would "get it" for 16 years!
When Kristina hatched out her clutch over 4 years ago, I was hopeful, but I was also struck with the idea that there was a reason nobody could keep them long term.
I ended up getting one of them (the first, actually!) C.B.'s.
I've been wanting melleri to be more common for a long time, and everyone must thank Kristina for her work - it is no exaggeration to credit her for their recent success and potential establishment in the hobby. There were many contributors (I hope I at least helped, even if it was mostly encouragement!) - for instance, Mike, from FLchams, took time with his gravid WC females that most other importers did not. He worked to get them to breeders - he made an effort he did not have to. Also, instead of simply selling the gravids, he kept them, allowed them to lay eggs (which takes time, effort, space) which allowed them to arrive at new homes safely (if they were simply shipped, they would have probably not survived as well). Furthermore, he incubated the eggs, and hatched them out. This is not a quick&easy money thing here. It worked out well, I hope, but still, it did take effort.
That has allowed healthy(the hard part is getting healthy melleri)animals to become widely available. If he repeats that this year, we'll have a ton of F2 and F3 melleri in the upcoming years.
When Kristina hatched out her clutch over 4 years ago, I was hopeful, but I was also struck with the idea that there was a reason nobody could keep them long term.
I ended up getting one of them (the first, actually!) C.B.'s.
I've been wanting melleri to be more common for a long time, and everyone must thank Kristina for her work - it is no exaggeration to credit her for their recent success and potential establishment in the hobby. There were many contributors (I hope I at least helped, even if it was mostly encouragement!) - for instance, Mike, from FLchams, took time with his gravid WC females that most other importers did not. He worked to get them to breeders - he made an effort he did not have to. Also, instead of simply selling the gravids, he kept them, allowed them to lay eggs (which takes time, effort, space) which allowed them to arrive at new homes safely (if they were simply shipped, they would have probably not survived as well). Furthermore, he incubated the eggs, and hatched them out. This is not a quick&easy money thing here. It worked out well, I hope, but still, it did take effort.
That has allowed healthy(the hard part is getting healthy melleri)animals to become widely available. If he repeats that this year, we'll have a ton of F2 and F3 melleri in the upcoming years.
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luckykarma
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That is rockin' news. Keep us all posted.
Chameleons Northwest
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Yes, the Melleri Discovery website is incredible, and Kristina (studiocham) and Sepioteuthis have been very helpful. Kristina even has thorough gutload instructions for the feeders, and videos, photos of different morphs and gravid females, cohabitation overview, etc. A very deep website, with many layers of detailed information.
Mike from FLChams was awesome with these Meller's last year. He raised several hundred from 3 or 4 clutches. When we got Megana from him, just days after laying 80 some eggs, she was in great shape. As for our Hercules, because of the suppliers the Mom&Pop store usually uses for their stock, we believe he was a WC that came into California in 2007. We REALLY do hope to get offspring from this pairing and will be leaning heavily on experienced keepers to help get us through.
Summoner12, Kevin, --- HOW MANY EGGS?!?!! Also, you should post a reference to this in the Melleri subforum here.
Chameleons Northwest
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summoner12
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Cuuuppppsss
LOL I've been running around all day.... was gonna go to LLL to get another incubator which I am in need of... but they didn't have the one that's on sale that is PERFECT.... so we ditched that and called Steve Sims who is loaning me one of his incubators and some deli cups. So far I have 50 eggs... I have room for one more deli cup in my incubator and then I need to set up Steve's.
Can I use deli cups without holes?! I even moved Veiled eggs around to get one extra cup but I've used it..... need more cups. The cups I do have are normal deli cups. WILL THEY WORK!?
LOL I've been running around all day.... was gonna go to LLL to get another incubator which I am in need of... but they didn't have the one that's on sale that is PERFECT.... so we ditched that and called Steve Sims who is loaning me one of his incubators and some deli cups. So far I have 50 eggs... I have room for one more deli cup in my incubator and then I need to set up Steve's.
Can I use deli cups without holes?! I even moved Veiled eggs around to get one extra cup but I've used it..... need more cups. The cups I do have are normal deli cups. WILL THEY WORK!?
summoner12
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hooooooowwwwwww maaaaaaannnnnnyyyyyyyyyyy?
That's what I"M talkin' 'bout.
LOL nice edit to your post hahaha backwards quoting, never seen that before
Chameleons Northwest
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I don't use deli cups. But I think the cups with the little holes all around the top edge would have too much air flow. If I used the cups with the holes, I would tape up all but 2 of the holes. But hopefully someone who has successfully hatched from holey deli cups will chime in here.
You're probably about halfway there!
You're probably about halfway there!
Dunnigan
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summoner12
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Aight... done digging finally.
I have the breather holes on the incubator covered... except the little holes for the fan option. I filled the cups with vermiculite to just above the holes in the cup. I can cover them if need be.
summoner12
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I sure did.
summoner12
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aight aight aight... Renee needs to learn how to 'count' because there were not "80+" eggs as she claimed. I never saw the eggs until I unearthed them.
Tylene wins for guessing closest(55)!
57 eggs!
BUUUUUTTTTT..... three to five are prolly duds... one oozed, two were very soft sorta caved in, one was kinda off white with a yellow end on it and a couple were just kinda 'eh'... sooooo yeah... not as many as I was lead to beleive sorry guys lol
none the less they looked 'white' to me and I think viable... Time will tell.
Chameleons Northwest
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Congratulations! That is a very healthy number. Don't dispose of dented ones, they may round out and be good.
