D.granti egg care

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a.ojala

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I started out with two WC pairs and a single CB female two months ago. All but the CB female died, I went through the subsrate and found 50+ eggs. I just have a few questions

1) can I keep all the eggs in a single container

2) how moist should the substrate be

3) how long before they hatch

4) can I keep all of the L1's in a large container together

5) on average what should be the hatch percentage

Any other info is welcomed
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1- yes.

2- just a little

3- 2-4 months for granti (much longer than tityus... one of mine took around 5 months due to dry substrate)

4- yes but when it comes to L2 separate them!

5- That really depends man. 70-80% sounds decent.

 
Thanks, about five of them have a yellow tint. Does that mean that those eggs are going to go bad???

 
You can keep the eggs in a single container but I would make sure the substrate is well compressed and eggs are in indiviual little pockets. If the substrate is loose, newly hatched larvae can easily reach other eggs and may well eat them, I lost around 100 Dynastes hercules eggs like this one time. I would suggest keeping the eggs in deli-cups filled with well compacted substrate. If you place them round the sides they are much easier to monitor and you don't run the risk of one problem affecting all of them at the same time. Substrate should be moist but not soaking wet.

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As long at the egg is still plump, a yellow colour to the shell is not a problem, somtimes the eggs get stained by the substrate.

 
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If I just put them in a 2.5 gallon tub and scater the eggs, what are the chances that the larvae will eat each other???

 
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I thought it was coming on the 14th my dad picked it up hour ago. I'll let you know if they made it, when I get home
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mine is taking as long as possible
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its been over 2 month and its not doing anything lol congrats... i messed up on mating so i got 10 eggs with 2 females
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I had about 60 eggs from two females. Only a few eggs developed a dark tint, started oozing, and deflated, so the viabilty of the eggs is pretty good. Within the last five months or so, I have not lost any more eggs and I can clearly see developing embryos within them. Some of my eggs are tinted yellow, some of them are tinted white, but nearly all of them are mostly translucent so you can see the larva developing inside.

All my eggs were laid by the end of September and I still have many viable, but unhatched eggs left. I had mine unheated so the cold temperature of winter greatly delayed hatching. I've had many hatch out and an increased rate of development; however, with the application of a heating pad so I suggest keeping the eggs at at least room temperature to decrease the time it takes for the eggs to develop. Mine are kept in fairly moist substrate that would produce water if you squeezed it in your hand and I haven't noticed any egg predation with keeping eggs and newly hatched larvae together. I do remove them from the incubation chamber after they've eaten for a few days.

The fastest to hatch took just short of two months, the slowest have not even hatched yet after five months.

 
Most of them hatched already. A total of 70+ eggs where laid and so far 40 larvae have hatched out. Hopefully I'll get another 30 or so
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