Fruit flies as food

["Matti Pulkkinen" <matti_pulkkinen at kolumbus.fi>]

Dear fellow killi enthusiasts,

I have planned to start to grow wingless fruit flies (Drosophila sp.) as
killi food. I'm trying to find out the best culture media. I can't get
anywhere ready made laboratorium media.  For my purposes the best media is
the least smelly. I have couple of receipts that use banana and yeast.
Unfortunately I strongly dislike the smell of old banana, and the idea of
fermenting banana in my apartment is revolting. My main sources are
Terceira, Anthony C. - Killifish. Their care and breeding. Pisces 1974 and
several laboraratory manuals and yes, Google is very fine too indeed.

All I lack is practical knowledge of Drosophila culture. I would like to
know how those who feed their Killies with Drosophila grow fruit flies. If
you think that the fruit fly is not worth of the trouble it takes, I would
be very gratefull of that information too.

I welcome any experience with fruit flies, good or bad.

Matti Pulkkinen
SKS 61
Helsinki

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