That's a great idea! How do you make the mesh top? How else do you guys take care of your frogs while on vacation? Thanks,
Jordan
Jordan
Fatten frogs and travel
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First I want to thank Randy of Fruit Fly Specialties for the idea of feeding fly larval out of these cups.
I was thinking about how I was going to feed my frogs when I leave for a trip. After using mason jars with a mesh lid for previous trips and seeing Randy's cup I combined the two ideas. Here are a few pics:
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This is just the normal cup. I use it to make a small fly culture and cut a hole in the lid to add a foam plug.
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After about 10 days larva are crawling all over, and trying to climb through the foam. I remove the foam plug and snap a mesh into the lid.
This allows fly and larva to crawl out, and stops the frogs from getting into the media.
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Because I have a mister, I set the cup on it's side and place a cocohut over the hole thing. I have larval crawling out and onto the coco hut so fast even my azureus pair can't keep up. I think this will be the first time I leave on a trip and the frogs gain weight, lol
I was thinking about how I was going to feed my frogs when I leave for a trip. After using mason jars with a mesh lid for previous trips and seeing Randy's cup I combined the two ideas. Here are a few pics:
This is just the normal cup. I use it to make a small fly culture and cut a hole in the lid to add a foam plug.
After about 10 days larva are crawling all over, and trying to climb through the foam. I remove the foam plug and snap a mesh into the lid.
This allows fly and larva to crawl out, and stops the frogs from getting into the media.
Because I have a mister, I set the cup on it's side and place a cocohut over the hole thing. I have larval crawling out and onto the coco hut so fast even my azureus pair can't keep up. I think this will be the first time I leave on a trip and the frogs gain weight, lol
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Ben,
Where did you get the mesh or what do you make it out of? Very cool idea, I plan to borrow it
-Richard
Where did you get the mesh or what do you make it out of? Very cool idea, I plan to borrow it
-Richard
It's called Plastic Canvas and is made for needlepoint. I use it in my FF cultures in place of excelsior. It can be washed and reused over and over again (though I'd recommend throwing it away if the culture develops mold). Nice thing about it is that it's cheap. You can buy it at Michael's or other craft stores for about $0.30 a sheet. The sheets are 10 1/2" by 13 1/2", so you can cut enough for a half a dozen cultures out of one sheet. It comes in many different counts (number of little square holes per inch) and sizes, but I'd recommend just getting the cheapest. The flies don't seem to care much. Here's a pic:tuthelimit said:Ben,
Where did you get the mesh or what do you make it out of? Very cool idea, I plan to borrow it
-Richard
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