Need help in keeping constant supply of FFs

[Youngherp420]

that makes sence.I just orderd some more cultures. hopefully others will find this thread helpful.

[jbherpin]

Originally Posted by FrogNub

Very helpful info in here, ty all.

It generally seems that most seed out new cultures when they get their 'boom', and not from older cultures.

Does anyone know if there is a decrease in fertility as the culture's age increases?

As was noted above, you want to add some mature flies, but the old cultures start producing runts. There is a sweet spot, again, as noted above. However, I do add young flies from "the boom" as well to ensure that there is a steady supply of FFs reaching maturity later as well.

JBear

[Ed]

Originally Posted by jbherpin

As was noted above, you want to add some mature flies, but the old cultures start producing runts. There is a sweet spot, again, as noted above. However, I do add young flies from "the boom" as well to ensure that there is a steady supply of FFs reaching maturity later as well.

JBear

See Genetics and FF culturing... for a discussion on the impacts of when you choose your flies to start new cultures.

Ed

[EvilLost]

are you waiting 1 week after seeding/making your cultures before you feed from them? You should generally not be feeding from new cultures until after a good number of larva casings have appeared in the cup.

[FrogNub]

Originally Posted by Ed

See Genetics and FF culturing... for a discussion on the impacts of when you choose your flies to start new cultures.

Ed

Thanks Ed!

[Youngherp420]

Originally Posted by EvilLost

are you waiting 1 week after seeding/making your cultures before you feed from them? You should generally not be feeding from new cultures until after a good number of larva casings have appeared in the cup.

i try to but i think my problem is i make so few that i dont have a chance for the newly made ones to start producing

[Judy S]

Snake P--you only feed melos...how would your 21 days translate if you were also using Hydei???

[SnakePaparazzi]

Originally Posted by Judy S

Snake P--you only feed melos...how would your 21 days translate if you were also using Hydei???

Judy, I don't use hydei do I'm not versed on culturing them. I did culture them for about two months and was fortunate enough to get 4 cultures of them all 1 week apart in age of the culture to get started... I used cultures that were 4 weeks old to make new ones (I also lightly seeded new cultures).

My leucs were the only frogs that I had that ate hydei and because of the smell of them, I stopped culturing them and am now only using melano.

-Christian


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[davidadelp]

I make 8 cultures for 32 frogs and they last me if i dont over feed, I always make new cultures when my newest cultures start their first BOOM of flies that way I have new flies to add to the cultures. I think it works out to I makes 8 new ones every 8-10days. make sure you keep them moist by misting them and the warmer they are the faster they reproduce.

I have also noticed that once you think they cultures are dead set them off to the side and go back in 3-4 days and they typically will boom one last time for whatever reason before actually being dead.

[frogparty]

I would encourage everyone to culture hydei. My thumbnails like them a lot, and they climb to the upper reaches of the viv faster, enabling arboreal frogs to eat them before theyve groomed all the vitamin/calcium dust off.
Just my observation. My vanzos go BONKERS for hydei