Today is day 66 of incubation, and after I woke up I took a peek in the incubator and it was pipping! I'll keep you all updated as it hatches out, I'm super excited to see what its colors are. The father is full black so I'm hoping it is all black too, I love that look on russians. Here is a pic of the tank I have set up and of it pipping. The pic of it in my hand was when I was moving it into a container with moist paper towel.
Any feedback on the tank is welcome, I want everything to be right for when it's ready to start living in the tank. The substrate is a mix of coco coir and topsoil. I have a humid hide with a thermostat and a probe that has it set at 80 degrees with a CHE above it. Inside the humid hide is lots of dried grass that I resoaked and put inside. The water dish looks deep, but it is filled with black pebbles and is very shallow. I planted some pothos. I also put some pieces of cuttlebone on the food dish, The CHE and heat bulb are both 60 watts. I have plastic wrap covering the top of the tank, where the heat lamps are not, to hold humidity. For UVB I'm going to take it out every day.
Any feedback on the tank is welcome, I want everything to be right for when it's ready to start living in the tank. The substrate is a mix of coco coir and topsoil. I have a humid hide with a thermostat and a probe that has it set at 80 degrees with a CHE above it. Inside the humid hide is lots of dried grass that I resoaked and put inside. The water dish looks deep, but it is filled with black pebbles and is very shallow. I planted some pothos. I also put some pieces of cuttlebone on the food dish, The CHE and heat bulb are both 60 watts. I have plastic wrap covering the top of the tank, where the heat lamps are not, to hold humidity. For UVB I'm going to take it out every day.