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i see a lot of people with a lot of frogs I thank this is going to be interesteing on the numbers
I have 25 frogs (12 are Froglets), and I make one melo culture a week and one hydei culture a week.
I make about two a week but I only have 3 P. vari's atm so when I get the rest of my frogs I will probably increase to 4 a week.
Well I have been expecting some frogs for a few weeks so just wanting enough FF's for when they arrive I will be feeding 16 frogs when the weather is good enough for them to be shipped. Plus I love making culturesYikes! One of you makes 2 cultures a week to feed 25 frogs and one of you makes 2 cultures a week to feed 3.![]()
Exactly that is my thinking. Cultures are cheap and frogs are not.I have 12 frogs 5 of which are thumbs and I make two cultures a week. I end up tossing out flies but that's better than not having enough.
Doug
I was just making note of the wide disparity, didn't mean to poke fun or suggest anybody was making to many or too few. If it works for you that's what counts!Well I have been expecting some frogs for a few weeks so just wanting enough FF's for when they arrive I will be feeding 16 frogs when the weather is good enough for them to be shipped. Plus I love making cultures![]()
Whats your recipe?35 frogs, and historically have been making 6 cultures every other week. I hated having to go out to the store and get extra flies, so I've ramped it up to 9 fruit fly cultures, 1 bean beetle and 2 springtail cultures every week. I've got plenty of food now.
I use water, white vinegar, molasses, grape juice, malt-o-meal, potato flakes, cinnamon, and yeast for my ff cultures. They smell amazing until the day I throw them out![]()
Let me know when you need help? I'm free to help make some fly cultures.I was just making note of the wide disparity, didn't mean to poke fun or suggest anybody was making to many or too few. If it works for you that's what counts!
Now if you like making cultures so much you are welcome to come on over and make all the cultures you want. I'll even let you keep a couple every week just for your trouble
Oh, and we make 48 cultures a week to feed our 300+ adults. Plus another 2 or 3 dozen for the babies.