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Culturing Fruit Flies

Started By Crystals , Sep 25 2013 12:56 PM
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#21 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 23 2014 - 5:45 AM

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What can be an alternative to yeast?


#22 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 23 2014 - 5:40 PM

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#23 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 23 2014 - 5:49 PM

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Yeast is easy to get. 


#24 Offline Crystals - Posted October 24 2014 - 5:52 AM

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Baking yeast is common in any baking section.

You can also just leave it out.  I have done that before.

 

Almost any starchy food will work, it may just smell more. 


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#25 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 24 2014 - 6:06 AM

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Baking yeast is common in any baking section.

You can also just leave it out.  I have done that before.

 

Almost any starchy food will work, it may just smell more. 

So I'm thinking about using blended oats with honey and corn syrup, are these ok? Also how much corn syrup should I add if ok.


#26 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 24 2014 - 6:07 AM

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I just sterilized a big jug of oats in case there going to be mites.


#27 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted October 24 2014 - 7:04 AM

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Here is a website with a few recipes, one of which includes oats.

 

http://www.anapsid.org/fruitfly.html

 

I use potato flakes as the base when I mix Drosophila media, so I cannot say how effective oats would be.


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#28 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 24 2014 - 7:40 AM

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Just remember the fruit flies are what they eat, so do not give them stuff you do not want you ants eating.


#29 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 24 2014 - 7:43 AM

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Just remember the fruit flies are what they eat, so do not give them stuff you do not want you ants eating.

I'm pretty sure this is in all in one diet for my idea.


Well I'm going to the store for more test tubes and feeders.


#30 Offline dermy - Posted October 24 2014 - 11:34 AM

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I thought yeast was 100% needed, or the cultures will crash sooner?


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#31 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted October 24 2014 - 1:29 PM

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I thought yeast was 100% needed, or the cultures will crash sooner?

 

It is needed.  However, small amounts of it are often present on the fruit flies themselves, so adding baker's yeast only speeds up the process.


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#32 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 24 2014 - 3:56 PM

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Is it a good idea to take them out of their store bought breeding container?


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#33 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted October 24 2014 - 5:09 PM

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Is it a good idea to take them out of their store bought breeding container?

 

You only need to transfer them to new containers when you are either building new cultures or feeding them to something.


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#34 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 25 2014 - 6:05 AM

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I just thought of this but I have fish flakes and I was thinking of putting some fish flakes in with my mix for added protein to the fruit flies and maggots. Will this cause anything bad?


#35 Offline Crystals - Posted October 25 2014 - 7:53 AM

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Maggots will have no problem with it. 

But it will smell.


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#36 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 25 2014 - 8:10 AM

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Maggots will have no problem with it. 

But it will smell.

Not a problem with me.  :) I don't mind the smell.


#37 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 30 2014 - 12:46 PM

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Is there anything I should be aware about, such as mites and how to prevent them. I already know that I have to add more cultures as they grow in which I would like to know an area where you can by some decent sized ones.


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Usually mites you get in cultures are only there to eat the medium.


#39 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 30 2014 - 3:21 PM

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Usually mites you get in cultures are only there to eat the medium.

Parasite mites? How would you get rid of them?


#40 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 30 2014 - 3:23 PM

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How would you get rid of parasite mites, BTW it said I didn't comment so I'm commenting again.


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