Franken-bator not retaining humidity.

[Redhead Rae]

ANy chance your hydrometer is off?

I have two of them. Plus plus the sides used to get condensation on them. Not anymore.

 

[aart]

ANy chance your hydrometer is off?

I imagine she has her hygrometers calibrated.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I imagine she has her hygrometers calibrated.

I’m not quite sure how I would calibrate a digital one or the little spring one I have.

 

[aart]

Spring one you could put in the bag with the salt slurry...I think.
Not sure on digital one...I've put battery operated in the bag before.

 

[mdees88]

They are all full of water. Adding sponges in the water wouldn't help.

Actually that is not correct. Adding sponges will help. This is exactly how the GQF humidity tray works. It stays full of water the entire time and maintains a constant humidity. At lockdown you add a sponge into the humidity tray which draws the water up into the sponge. This increases the surface area of the water which will raise the humidity.

So basically you need more surface area of water to increase humidity. You could set a tupperware dish on the hatching shelf to increase humidity. Increasing the length and width of the dish will increase the humidity. Increasing the height of the dish will make the humidity last longer. Also you could stand a sponge up inside that dish to raise the humidity even higher.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Actually that is not correct. Adding sponges will help. This is exactly how the GQF humidity tray works. It stays full of water the entire time and maintains a constant humidity. At lockdown you add a sponge into the humidity tray which draws the water up into the sponge. This increases the surface area of the water which will raise the humidity.

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So basically you need more surface area of water to increase humidity. You could set a tupperware dish on the hatching shelf to increase humidity. Also you could stand a sponge up inside that dish to raise the humidity higher. Increasing the length and width of the dish will increase the humidity. Increasing the height of the dish will make the humidity last longer.

Adding sponges to the wells below the grid won't help is what she meant. I can't stand them up under the grid.

 

[mdees88]

Adding sponges to the wells below the grid won't help is what she meant. I can't stand them up under the grid.

I gotcha. You can do the same thing above the grid if you have enough room. Add a water dish and sponge if needed.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I gotcha. You can do the same thing above the grid if you have enough room. Add a water dish and sponge if needed.

I might try this.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I think my first step is to see if the center hole is effecting how quickly it dries out. I'm considering taping some saran wrap over the controls to see if that holds humidity better. If it does, I'll look into sealing it from below the lid.

 

[WVduckchick]

I think my first step is to see if the center hole is effecting how quickly it dries out. I'm considering taping some saran wrap over the controls to see if that holds humidity better. If it does, I'll look into sealing it from below the lid.

Yea its got to be something along that line, because full wells in that thing should definitely be higher humidity. It's got so much surface area!
Unless your meter is wrong.