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i have some babies that seem to be getting tired of crickets, baby mealies, and termits. what is the best way to start cultureing fruit flies. I would like ones that breen fast becuase i will be using them for some fish along with the 2 baby anoles
(I know wrong forum but not many people talk about ff on the anole forum)

anyways what is the cheapest way?
would some of the local fish only stores sell them?
how fast would two 1 1/4 inch anoles go through the ff?(guess)

Fruit flies are, to me, the easiest and fastest insect to breed. Well, maybe not easier than roaches, but a close second. Once you figure it out, they go like crazy. There's a million recipes to make to get the medium you'll need, or you can buy some at various places and some pet stores. They all kinda work the same, as far as the flies, eat, drink and lay eggs in the medium. The smaller flies breed quite a bit faster than the Hydeis but are smaller and can get through normal sized screen in a chameleon cage. I'm still relatively new to fruit flies, but I've had huge success so far and I'm up to my neck in them now and have been for a while. If you need a recipe for the medium E-Mail me and I'll dig it up here somewhere. I can't remember it exactly. It's a pretty simple one that works great. Kristen, if you read this, how are your flies doing?
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV

LOL! Doing well...thanks for asking. The Hydei's you sent now have larvae crawling around in there and some pupae waiting to hatch. That's great! I've decided I'm not a fan of the smaller ones...they are so much faster and hard to catch...if a Hydei gets out, I can get it onto my finger and flick it in the cham enclosure...those little buggers are too fast and jumpy to catch...hehehe!

I was wondering something...did you have a problem with the larvae of the smaller flies crawling out of the holes that you made in the baby food jars? Lots crawled out and the pupae are on top of the lids...so I'm going to have escapee fruit flies that I can't catch...hahaha! They're outside, so no biggie...but I decided that I don't like the little ones, so I may toss them. Hey, getting the Hydei's were worth the shipping.

I took as much of the pupae that I could and scraped it into a little container...lots actually hatched. So, those are corraled...but shew, I'm gonna be up to my eyeballs in them soon, so I think I'll stick to the Hydei's.

Thanks!
Kristen
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Didn't I have a piece of cloth in between the lid and the jar? I thought I did. That has stopped my small ones from getting throught the holes. Leave it in place if you have it still or make another one. Just cut a small square of a thin cloth and lay it over the open jar before putting on the lid. I used to have that problem because I was using paper towels at first over the tops and they somehow either ate through it or it got moist and fell apart. I'm also probably gonna stick to Hydeis. I just didn't have any right away. I'm glad to hear they're doing ok. Those small ones of mine are breeding like crazy still. The Hydeis are taking longer. I just started more jars last night.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV