I'm considering attempting to breed some corns next year and have been looking at incubators. I would only be producing a few clutches each year and don't need anything too big. However, I really do not want a styrofoam 'hovabator' style incubator. I've been looking online and found an incubator that looks like it would be perfect. It is a small cabinet style. I'm not sure who manufactures these...Bigappleherp calls it the Accutemp 6000, and llreptile calls it the Pro MR 148. I'm pretty sure it's the same incubator. Anyway, I was looking for opinions on this incubator, also on the ZooMed Reptibator. Would you choose one over the other etc. etc? Is there another model out there that would suit me better? Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mitch.
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Incubator opinions
- Thread starter mjdglobal
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Nanci
Alien Lover
I used the Reptipro 5000 incubator, which looks exactly like the Accutemp 6000 and a refrigerator shold at Think Geek. I could get three 8.5 x 7 x 4" lettuce containers into it. I liked it a lot _except_ if your power goes out, it won't restart. (My little wine refrigerator is the same). The temp readout is a few degrees off, so I put a thermometer inside in between two containers. The temps varied about 3F. It fits nicely on the kitchen counter.
carnivorouszoo
Crazy Critter Lady
I incubated at room temps this year. I like how it ended up too. So I will probably stick with that as long as I am only doing one clutch a year.
DragonBoy
Crazy Cornsnake Breeder
I have used and have had good results with just using room temps.
Here in SE PA we do not generally get an great deal of extreme temps. July was the exception and I just turned the AC on set to 80 degrees. I had two babies with defects but out of 500 eggs I guess that was to be expected.
I have no plans to go to another means of incubation because with 100 clutches expected where would I find anything big enough for that many egg containers.
Here in SE PA we do not generally get an great deal of extreme temps. July was the exception and I just turned the AC on set to 80 degrees. I had two babies with defects but out of 500 eggs I guess that was to be expected.
I have no plans to go to another means of incubation because with 100 clutches expected where would I find anything big enough for that many egg containers.