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Home made FF medium

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Posted by kyle1745 on April 25, 2003 at 08:47:02:

In Reply to: Home made FF medium posted by Homer1 on April 25, 2003 at 08:33:02:

Ya I am going looking forward to feeding a little less. I will still keep melanogasters cultures going, but just a few less. I think right now I have 12+ going, about 5 or so i'm feeding from. Thats only to feed 5 frogs, but I don't want to run out either. I make about 3 cultures a week of melanogasters, and I hope to drop that to 1, and 2 hydei.

We will, and tanks for the input. I can already see larva in the Hydei, but I plan to wait until it is crawling with flies to make more.

Kyle


:Kyle,

:I just wanted to warn you not to get too anxious about the hydei. I had always worked with melanogasters and thought I was doing something wrong when I wasn't getting production out of my hydei. It really does take about 4 weeks before a new culture starts producing flies. I have also read that taking only the first flies from the culture to set up new ones is a mistake because the first to pupate are almost all females. Just don't worry about how long it takes, your media should literally be crawling with larvae in 2-3 weeks. Oh, and it is REALLY nice to only have to feed 1/2-1/3 as many flies.

:Homer

::Cool, I just bought my first hydei culture, and plan to start more as soon as this starts producing. I hope to then be able to cut back on the smaller ff's.

::Kyle

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:::Kyle,
:::I have been using that exact recipe for a couple years with 1:1 water and vinegar and never had mold.
:::By the way this recipe works exceptionally well for D. Hydei.

:::Donn

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::::Ok I have just made a batch of FF medium based on this recipe:
::::1 cup of powdered sugar
::::8 cups potato flakes
::::1/2-1 cups of brewers yeast
::::active yeast on top of course

::::Ok here is the question, will 1/2 water 1/2 vinager be as good as 4 Teaspoons Methyl Paraben?

::::I have not had a problem with mold, with Carolina medium, and am now testing the above medium. I just wondered what results others have had.

::::Thanks,
::::Kyle
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