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re: Fruit fly culture
- To: live-foods at actwin_com
- Subject: re: Fruit fly culture
- From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:04:40 -0600
- Conversation-Id: <199804050250.VAA09356 at acme_actwin.com>
- In-Reply-To: <199804050250.VAA09356 at acme_actwin.com>
Non-member submission from ["Toan T." <RiceGuy at stones_com>]
> Original text:
> Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 23:02:11 -0800
> From: "Toan T." <RiceGuy at stones_com>
> To: Live-Foods at ActWin_com
> Subject: Re: Live Foods Digest V2 #94
>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 15:50:00 PST
> > From: "Dave Lains" <dlains at hotmail_com>
> > Subject: Fruit fly culture
> >
> > Hello All
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried co-culturing micro worms and fruit flies
together?
> >
> > Any thoughts on instant potato media? I use it occasionally (when I
> > have a large population of flies going) but have inconsistent results
> > with it. I use one part potatos one part water a teaspoon of sugar
and
> > a pinch of yeast but the cultures mold or get covered with bacteria
> > rather quickly and only produce a few flies. When I use Carolina's
> > media I get hundreds of flies and several generations. I would like
to
> > get the instant media down before I run out of commercial media, help!
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> > <}}><
>
> Heheheheh, you know dave. It's funny. The Carolina IS
> mashed potatoes. With some kind of mold inhibitors added.
> Try a drop of the blue ick medication and tell us how it
> turns out. I never get any mold problems so never needed
> to experiment. A pinch of yeast may be too much! how big
> of a 'pinch'? I'm serious! I got major infertility
> problems (actually *I* don't have infertility problems),
> when using too much yeast. ten grins is usually good for
> a small culture. I don't use any sugar. Try this method
> and tell how well it works.
>
>
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