Re: [Killietalk] Fruit fly problems

["The Harrison's" <csharrison at inkmaker_net>]

I use the same containers you have found at 
.brianstropicals.com but I get them at the local 
Deli. I cut a few holes into the top and glue 
some coffee filter pad to it. It works and cost 
is about 50¢ .  The Quart containers are 
available lots of places - like food stores, 
which have a deli, our local food stores have 
them.

For something to climb onto I use wadded up waxed 
paper, about 6" of it off the roll. Some use 
Wooden Excelsior, strings of wood used in those 
swamp coolers of the southern states, but waxed 
paper is just fine for 3 to 4 weeks. Lots of 
other things work, a couple of wooden tongue 
suppressors or other sticks. Carolina suggests 
some yeast be added at the start up for the 
culture.

Comment about the fly medium, the blue dye is to 
dye the intestines of the fly maggot so the 
salvia glands may be seen more easily. The 
preservative is Methyl parabin and it is in both 
the blue and colorless(white) Carolina Medium.

I keep 5 cultures going at the same time and 
clean out one and restart it every 2 weeks. I 
have more flies than my Epps can eat. The Bettas 
love them and most fish can be trained to take 
them.

Pictures at 7 . . . .

Change as much water as often as you can!
Charles Harrison in St Louis



>From: "wm crash" <wm_crash at hotmail_com>
>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Fruit fly problems
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>
>Thanks to all that replied on the subject.
>
>The stoppers I use are sometimes plain sponge, sometimes pieces of scrub
>pads, sometimes filter floss. The cultures I have produce lots of flies
>initially, but come 10th to 14th day, there is no fly left; all subsequent
>flies emerging from pupae will stick to the walls and that's where it all
>goes away.
>
>I have tried this about 15 times, but never had real success.
>
>For better ventialtion, I am considering to order the funky containers made
>for fruit flies such as these:
>brianstropicals.com/container.JPG
>
>thanks again,
>wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
>AKA #08840, SAA #162, SVAS #120, HOOLIGAN #1
>San Jose,


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