I was just wondering how everyone else dusts their f.f's prior to dropping them in the tank. I've been using the two cup method. The first plastic cup is filled with about a 1/4 inch of supplement powder. The second has the bottom cut off and has mesh screen(substrate divider) taped over the opening. I put the flies in the second cup and insert that into the first cup. It gets the flies dusted and the rest is shaken into the first cup. This doesn't make too much of a mess. The only problem is that when I use D. melanogaster for my smaller frogs they tend to fall through the screen. I'm just curious how everyone else handles this topic. Thanks!!!!



Here is a picture of some dusted f.f's dusted with Dendrocare Vitamin & Mineral Supplement.

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• Best way to dust Fruit Flies - PAPASMURFUSMC, Wed Oct 29 04:42:15 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - joseph1, Wed Oct 29 08:56:47 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - andersonii85, Wed Oct 29 09:44:34 2003
• Dendrocare Vitamin & Mineral Supplement? - jbeetle, Wed Oct 29 11:58:27 2003
• RE: Dendrocare Vitamin & Mineral Supplement? - PAPASMURFUSMC, Mon Nov 3 04:18:47 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - kyle1745, Wed Oct 29 19:53:49 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - kevinhnc, Thu Oct 30 09:59:24 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - ridge, Thu Oct 30 10:09:30 2003
• RE: Best way to dust Fruit Flies - PAPASMURFUSMC, Mon Nov 3 04:21:25 2003