RE: Live foods: Fruit Fly Foam Plugs

[robert nhan <robertnhan at yahoo_com>]

I am using 30oz clear plastic cups for cultivating ff,
papertowl/rubberband as lid.  You will get more
production, much cheaper, and you can throw them away.
Most of the restaurant supply should have it.

Robert.

--- David Lains <david at zfin_org> wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> Last year I inherited a bunch of glass jars from a
> fruit fly lab, they only
> problem was there were only enough plugs to have one
> set of cultures going.
> I searched the net and found the foam plugs at
> scientific sites but they are
> expensive 100 for $40.
> 
> So I searched the net for cylinder foam and found
> this site:
> http://www.allaboutfoam.com/ select conventional
> foam, then at the bottom
> you can select the shape and then the dimensions. 
> It ended up costing $2
> for a 4 foot length of the foam I needed. You can
> make at least 25 plugs out
> of this length.  I didn't know which density of foam
> to use so I selected a
> few of the cheaper options.  My old time favorite
> culture bottle is a
> Snapple bottle, with a few of these, some of this
> foam and some of Carolinas
> potato flacks you are in business.  Well ok you'll
> need flies also.
> 
> Happy culturing
> David
> 
> 
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> ><{{{>To: killietalk at aka_org
> ><{{{>Subject: Re: Live foods
> ><{{{>
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> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>George & Melanie Caruso wrote:
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{> > I am trying to get into raising more live
> foods for my
> ><{{{>killies. I feed
> ><{{{> >  baby brine shrimp and some white worms as
> the only live food at
> ><{{{> > this time.  Plan to get some black worms as
> soon as I purchase my
> ><{{{> > mini-frig. Also trying to set up a
> controlled arrangement
> ><{{{>for mosquito
> ><{{{> >  larvae.  I would like to get a daphnia
> culture going as well as
> ><{{{> > try my hand at raising up some brine shrimp
> to larger sizes. Would
> ><{{{> > appreciate any helpful input on these
> items.
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Some have great success with wingless fruit
> flys. Around here, PetClub
> ><{{{>has been pushing them with their Bettas, and
> starters are always
> ><{{{>available from Carolina Biologicals. [PetClub
> gets about $5.] Epis and
> ><{{{>other surface feeders adore them.
> >><{{{>Wright
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