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Fruit Fly Culture

reptiaaron Aug 10, 2006 01:04 PM

Does any one have a good fruit fly culture recipe that I can make or point me in the right direction to one. I have found that 2 cultures at a time are working good, but I dont want to spend the extra money ordering it online.
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1.1 Red ear Sliders (Lucy and Ricardo)
1.1 Leopard Geckos (unnamed)
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0.0.2 Leucomelas
0.0.2 D. Tinc powder blue
0.0.2 D. Azureus

Replies (2)

slaytonp Aug 13, 2006 01:35 AM

There are a lot of recipes, but I no longer attempt to do my own, and simply buy the media kits from Saurian or someone else, like Ed's Fly Meat. They've done all of the controls and perfected it, and now sell a reliable product that is well worth the cost of buying plus shipping without the constant pain of keeping up a gourmet kitchen devoted to cooking up fruit fly media, along with the chicken kiev and stir fried asparagus for human consumption.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
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4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

otis07 Aug 19, 2006 03:02 PM

as slaynop said there is a lot of different recipes. i use potato flakes as the staple ingredient, then just put in friuts, malasis, or pretty much anything you think flies will eat (no meat) which is pretty much everything that can be decomposed easily. then use a half vinigear and half water mix for the liquid. the vinigar acts as a anti-mold thing.

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