This is hands down one of the best videos for BP hobbyists. Period. I’m hoping for my first clutch this spring and I’ll be building this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Thanks 5004! Good luck with your 1st clutch!
@jasondubya428 Жыл бұрын
Thank You.
@benbower89186 күн бұрын
Nice work I love it❤ I don't even have a clutch yet but I'm looking into this stuff for the future 😊
@kyleward52 Жыл бұрын
Combining aquatics and BP incubation and both aspects being symbiotic while also integrating cost effectiveness is absolutely genius. If you legitimately invented this method, you deserve a Nobel prize or something close to it. Im going to start my first pairing of BP’s next fall (Super Pastel Genetic Stripe 0.1 to Butter Spotnose Ultramel 1.0) and im definitely using this method of incubation considering im also an avid aquarist as well. Keep up the good work! Great video
@SNKELTD Жыл бұрын
I did not come up with it, but it 100% works!
@robr471 Жыл бұрын
I've watched a bunch of videos on diy incubators and was just about to pull the trigger on a mini-fridge to build my setup when I came across this video. Awesome instructions. Seems bulletproof! Thank you for making this video.
@SNKELTD Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@ScottDJohnston3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Thanks for the detailed explanation. This is a great solution for a very small breeder like me. Cheers!
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott! It's the #1 option for small breeders! I'd still be using it if it was feasible.
@jaz64753 жыл бұрын
So glad I saw this video! I need to build one for our first ever clutches
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
You can do it!
@AcadiaBallPythons3 жыл бұрын
Killed it. Awesome DIY. I have 2 spare 500 watt aquarium heaters. prob get me some poached eggs with those ahahaha . Good work bro
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Haha, you might! If they have a dial they may work?!
@AcadiaBallPythons3 жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD I think they would. I have smaller ones too. i am considering trying the cooler for sure
@scottcarlin88893 жыл бұрын
I just got a zoo med fridge style and i wish i had seen this video a couple days ago lol but i think im still going to try this thanks for the pointers brother.... I need them my first clutch im so pumped i am so nervous to mess up tho🤞🤞🤞
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Good luck! I was stressed out too, but the incubator worked flawlessly on my 1st clutch! Just test it thoroughly before eggs drop
@dennisrides87513 жыл бұрын
Cool video!
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Thx Coyote!
@maniacreptiles94613 жыл бұрын
This is just like the ones I build. Garrett Hartle from Reach Out Reptiles made these years ago.
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
That's where I got the idea from. I mentioned him in my 1st video from last year. A great build!
@laceywhite71733 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your videos man. I really take a lot from them. You cover it all from start to finish. Keep it up! I watch them all :) Your snakes are gorgeous!
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words and for watching Lacey!
@joshuaread1563 Жыл бұрын
Will this format work for any species of snake. I’ve got colubrids that need it a fair amount cooler than 90 and I’m assuming I can just lower the temps but I’ve never done this and figured I’d play it safe and ask your opinion. Ps I’ve got snake room envy for sure. Your setup is so organized and it makes my heart happy lol…. Edit: sorry my dude; asked and answered. You addressed this but I asked before I finished the video. Cheers. PPS- where do you get the little clip tags on the hatchling rack tubs?
@SNKELTD Жыл бұрын
Thx man! I buy mostly everything from Amazon!
@coryblowes1438 Жыл бұрын
Dude yours is the one I’m making that’s really cool man thanks for the info you give to everyone I’m new I started with one Ball female fire het clown now in up to 8 and now I’m doing rats too much love from my fam to yours homie
@PunchingCacti Жыл бұрын
I like also having a thermostat that the aquarium heater plugs into so that if it starts going crazy and overheating I don't burn my eggs because it will turn them off.
@chanhuang6143 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. If you have full humidity, i wonder why the substrate is needed in the individual egg box.
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
You can't sit it flat in a tub. If there's condensation they will be sitting in water. I use pearlite as a precaution, but technically they don't need substrate. Just something to sit them on above the plastic
@HudsonDoodle3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for asking this question and thanks BlindStryke for answering. I’ve wondered the same thing and couldn’t find an answer anywhere!
@HudsonDoodle3 жыл бұрын
Since you don’t need the substrate to retain humidity, but instead to keep the eggs from sitting in water, I wonder if you could use something more reusable like a couple of PVC pipe connectors to hold up the light diffuser within the shoe box. Those could then be sterilized and used over and over. 🤔
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
You could really use whatever you want as long as the eggs are off the bottom.
@jaz64753 жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD did you have any issues with eggs molding?
@SuperDiablopunk Жыл бұрын
If you sold these I'd buy
@albatraozgirl Жыл бұрын
I'm only expecting 1 clutch so the Styrofoam cooler (was used to ship frozen steaks) I'm planning to use is only big enough for 1 egg box. Do I still need the water to be circulating? Or can I just put in the water heater and be good? The box will be sitting directly over it 🤷🏻♀️
@keiththompson3208 Жыл бұрын
Having trouble finding the light diffusing panels ??
@drako72226 ай бұрын
I used vermiculite instead of pearlite
@irishfanrock34943 жыл бұрын
I was thinking if you got a big glass door cooler couldnt u put a large container in the bottom with the water and heaters and power head in it and use the same method for heat humidity on the stand up cooler and have more room for egg boxes. Most of the stand up coolers I see built in videos have just an open space in the bottom under the shelves. Just wondering if this .method would work rather than running heat tape in the stand up coolers or even a fridge.
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
I've thought about that but never tested it. You would probably need to have some amazing air circulation get the moisture all the way around the incubator and at 99%.
@ApexRoyalsАй бұрын
What size egg crate/platform did you use for that exact cooler???
@SNKELTDАй бұрын
The light diffuser? I just cut it to fit. Same with the PVC
@CollinWillis-le3ok Жыл бұрын
Will a typical tiny storage bin work? Or does it need a locking, really tight sealed lid? I'm worried water vapor might get inside the lid of the one I got without a tight locking lid, and might condense on top and drip down
@taylorehret56423 жыл бұрын
do you ever have to add more water due to evaporation?
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Never. There is no evaporation because the lid of the cooler stays closed. That's why it works perfectly!
@taylorehret56423 жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD I'm hoping to start breeding in a year or 2 so this is awesome keep up the awesome work
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Taylor! Good luck to you!
@KingDubbyRadio2 жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD There doesnt need to be any air flow? it can be completely sealed? Even when they start to pip? that confuses the crap out of me. Ive watched 5 videos on these an nobody really talks about air.
@marcomerino3743 Жыл бұрын
What are the measurements for the pvc platform???😅
@mathewdoughty11523 жыл бұрын
Can you use a regular small incubator like you would use for chickens?
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
I've never used one, but the issue with chicken incubators is that they rotate the eggs. BP eggs need to stay embryo side up.
@BnBExotics_Feeders2 жыл бұрын
Is oxygen on the inside an issue? Specifically when the eggs are hatching and the snakes are out and moving around and needing oxygen? Maybe a dumb question but just wondering
@cajunw33dh3ad2 жыл бұрын
would a 175 gallon fish tank work with a plexiglass/acrilic lid work? instead of a cooler?
@SNKELTD2 жыл бұрын
Probably not. the cooler retains the heat, a glass aquarium wouldn't
@leonardosilver9578 Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing snakes reproduce in the wild without incubators LOL. Temperature is not 90°F all the time in the wild and humidity is not 99% all the time in the wild either. It does not have to be perfect for it to work, it works in the wild with fluctuating temps and humidity day and night.
@SNKELTD Жыл бұрын
And do you have the statistics for hatch rate in the wild? That's the point of keeping consistent temperatures and humidity in captivity. To maximize hatch rate. Humans can survive without modern medicine, but are you going to refuse it if needed?
@leonardosilver9578 Жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD Yes, most of them hatch in the wild with no problem. I’m not saying this is wrong, it is actually a very nice way of incubating them inexpensively, but there is no need to be perfect all the time. In the wild temperatures fluctuate day and night, that’s all I’m saying.
@daroyalpythons18873 жыл бұрын
Does it matter if I use tap water or should I use Destilled water?
@SNKELTD3 жыл бұрын
I used tap. You may want to dechlorinate
@daroyalpythons18873 жыл бұрын
@@SNKELTD we’ve got the liquid stuff to take out the chlorine and stuff.