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  1. Food & Feeding
    Hi all, looking for advice for extending FF culture production. When you guys feed out FF do you empty out all the flies or do you leave a rough percentage to continue the breeding cycle in the culture? If you leave a percentage, how much? I usually empty all the flies out and assume...
  2. MidWest
    Hey folks! I’m trapped in the snow storm and looking for some ff cultures in eastern Iowa, any friends in the area have some extras? Thanks!!
  3. Food & Feeding
    I bought my first Melanogaster culture for $12 from Pet Expo a few months ago. Soon I made a new one, and that was when the trouble started. Mold started growing on my oat-and-banana culture, but the mold didn't start until the second week. After about a month, I made another new one and tossed...
  4. Food & Feeding
    I have a trash bag FILLED with old cups that I was thinking of cleaning out and reusing. Is this smart? I don’t want to be buying cups all the time because I’m not a working adult. Even though cleaning them sounds absolutely horrendous I think I’d be worth it. Should I hose em down or something...
  5. Food & Feeding
    I have 4 melanogaster cultures (overkill, I know) that I started a couple weeks ago. I only have two auratus at this time and the supply is much greater than their demands. At this point, I've removed the vast majority of mature flies from the cultures into a holding container... I'd estimate at...
  6. Beginner Discussion
    So about two days ago I got my first pair of Dartfrogs (Dendrobates leucomelas). At first they were shy but in the second day they start to jump around and climb on everything and one of them even call. But there’s a problem they don’t eat to much. They eat some flies like 5-10 (hydei) but then...
  7. Beginner Discussion
    Hey, hope everoyones doing good. I have a question I need answering before i get my first culture of fruit flies. I know each culture lasts around a month, and i will make new cultures straight away, I know it can take around 10-14 days for melanogaster and 17-20 days for hydei till they are...
  8. Food & Feeding
    I only have 2 juvenile azureus and a vanzolinii, so there's no way I can make use of fully blooming cultures of FF before they all go to waste. I'm mainly looking for a way to have more steady low production for now ... I've read that smaller cultures are difficult to maintain and tend more...
  9. Beginner Discussion
    I searched the forum about warning too many flies, but I couldn't find any posts about how to fix the problem. I got one vanzolinii a few days ago but I fed what I thought was 20 flies (as recommended by a breeder) but now day 2 there's still a ton of flies left in his quarantine bin, which is...
  10. Food & Feeding
    How many flies should I feed three leuc juveniles? In terms of number of flies, or tablespoons, or whatever. I was planning on maybe a tablespoon every day for the three when they're juveniles? Lemme know what you think
  11. Food & Feeding
    I have a tank with a single juvenile Oyapok frog, it is getting older, so I decided to try feeding a mix of melogaster and hydei, I noticed after it ate a hydei it had a noticeable lump on its side, is this okay?
  12. SouthEast
    Please help. Fruit fly cultures got mites and had several cultures crash. Ordered from multiple places online only to have the heat kill them before arrival. Yes, even over night. I am in the Roswell area just north of Atlanta. Willing to drive and pay. Anything would be appreciated. Willing to...
  13. Food & Feeding
    Hi all, I've recently got some aurtatus dart frogs, however they are quite shy so whenever I feed them they do not eat immediatley, but later on the day etc..The problem is when I mist the enclosure later that day/the day after, the fruit flies seem to lose all their vitamin powder (They become...
  14. Food & Feeding
    hi i'm new , they told to search this forum to ask for help. My problem is that my flies die after one day i make the culture, they told me is because i didnt wait a day for the media to expel the gasses from fermentation, but my media still smells after 2 days, i used a kit to make the media, i...
  15. Food & Feeding
    For those of you who have or are currently culturing buzzati ff's I have some questions... I've read that buzzati cultures last longer than hydei and they also produce more. Do you find this to be true? I'm sick of hydei's BOOM and BUST cycle and want steadier longer lasting production. And no...
  16. Food & Feeding
    Hello, I'm a beginner at keeping a fruit fly culture and I think my fruit flies might have overpopulated. First I noticed a smell coming from the cup and when I looked closer the bottom was full of larvae. Is it normal or should I set up a new colony? Also is there anything I can do about the...
  17. Food & Feeding
    Idk if this is old news but it may be worth posting for those who have not yet read this. https://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/6787 I've also read that fruit flies are capable of taking up carotenoids in their diet. I've always added paprika, spirulina and Haematococcus algae...
  18. Food & Feeding
    I've gotten fruit flies from 3 different vendors but nothing seems to help. My fruit flies keep becoming capable of flying again within a few weeks. Is there any way to prevent this?
  19. Beginner Discussion
    Hi!! So I’m working on building my tank still but it was recommended I get the hang of my fruit fly cultures before l get the frogs because it seems it can maybe be tricky. I will have isopods and springtails in my rank too. When should I get those? I assumed to order/buy those once I have the...
  20. Food & Feeding
    Hi everyone! Im located in the UK and I wanted to know where I could buy those 32 oz deli cups with vented lids cheap? Or if there's another alternative tub or container for culturing that works just as well? Thanks :)
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