[goof901]

What to do with excess fruit flies? I was gonna take them, drown them, and use them as fertilizers for plants going thru quarantine

 

[freaky_tah]

If you're looking to kill them, tossing them in the freezer will be much easier than attempting to drown them.

I'm not sure what benefits ff's would offer as fertilizer, however.

 

[hypostatic]

Mine meet a watery demise.

 

[J Teezy]

if you are just trying to get rid of them maybe see if there's any herpers in your area that you could give them too?

 

[jbherpin]

if you are just trying to get rid of them maybe see if there's any herpers in your area that you could give them too?

This is a wonderful approach to the hobby. People are in constant need of flies, and if things crash(mites, etc) you could be of service. Who knows, you may make a friend and be able to work together with your frog stock(mutually). I am a firm believer in helping fellow hobbiests( http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/groups/traders-barterers.html ).

JBear

 

[Pcroal1128]

You plan on coming up to long beach area at all this weekend? I could use some flies

 

[Are2]

You plan on coming up to long beach area at all this weekend? I could use some flies

double that

 

[goof901]

sorry, i don't really go up north that much

 

[pnwpdf]

I find that my extra fruit flies make great springtail food In really moist conditions the ff tend to die off quickly, so adding a couple dozen of them to each of my many springtail cultures keeps the cost of feeding them down too.

 

[WendySHall]

I've also fed them to tads...gives them some "real" food instead of just fish food, tad bites, etc all the time.

 

[mcaiger53]

I have been experimenting with my heidi in the fridge lately. I have ben able to keep them in the fridge for a week or more w no adverse affects. Sometimes my heidi produce way more than I can use, so I put the extras in a culture cup w excelsior in the fridge. It keeps them alive, but slows them so much that they don't gas themselves. I have even started new cultures with heidi that have been in the fridge for almost a week and didn't notice any difference in production. I have put producing cultures in the fridge (just to see what happens), and the maggots don't seem to make it much more than a week.
I have put about an inch of flies in a cup in the fridge, and didn't have the best #'s survive, but when I added excelsior, they did much better because they aren't smothering themselves.
I was just wasting flies before, so I figured why not try something, they were going down the toilet anyways?
Mike

 

[frogparty]

I keep houseflies in the fridge to extend their lifespan and keep them sedated till I can use them. Im sure it works as well for hydei. Over production sucks. Get yourself a few dozen baby mantis! Youll never have too many hydei again!! I never thought they'd eat so damn much