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Subject: how to humidify incubators
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Hi,

We are having trouble keeping some of our incubators humid. The rel 
humidity in our 25C incubator is around 30% - I understand 60% is the 
optimum. We have a large tray of water in the bottom of the incubator, but 
this is clearly not enough.

Does anyone have any suggestions for either a way of humidifying the 
incubators or a fly food recipe that doesn't dry out so much?

Thanks,

Emily

Emily Batchelor
Scientific Officer

Drosophila Morphogenesis
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
UCL Branch

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