What Is the Highest Temperatures Baby Opae Ula Can Withstand?

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Re: What Is the Highest Temperatures Baby Opae Ula Can Withstand?

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Yeah both of my females at my house dropped all of their eggs. =(

The one at work, 4 hatched and the other female still has a bunch of them holding on to her.

So in conclusion, the weather probably played a big role with the babies survival rate.
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Re: What Is the Highest Temperatures Baby Opae Ula Can Withstand?

Post by Mustafa »

In my experience, lower 80s is not a problem for breeding. I had tanks when I was living in NYC and the buidling we were in had steam heating which could not be regulated (except opening the windows...what a waste), so in the winter the tank temps were pretty much constantly around 82 degrees. No problem with breeding. Much higher than that, though, breeding stops. Maybe 85? Hard to say what the exact threshold is. Can't go wrong with 70s though.
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