Fruit fly questions!

[Progrmor]

Hi!
I´ve been searching like a maniac for answers to these questions but not found anything. Might just been blind but what the heck, its late

1. Have I understand this right, When the flies have laid their "eggs" should I remove the adults from the cup and place them in another to let the maggots to hatch by them self?

2. Is the fruit fly media enough of food for them or should I like put some fruit in there aswell?

3. Im about to buy 4 cups of flies. (No idea how many in each) I will probably feed one of the cups of to my baby cham for a couple of days. With the three remaining, Should they be alive long enough to survive until I´ve fed of the first cup?

Thanks!

 

[nick barta]

You do not need to remove the adults, some move some of the adults into a new cup of food to create a new culture.

The food is all they need, adding fruit will create mold which will kill the culture.

If you are buying 4 cups, order 2 producing cups (older) and 2 cups that just have fruit flies laying eggs in them. You will have flies for 1-2 months that way.

If you buy the fruit fly cultures at Petco/Petsmart with the blue food, they are poor quality…


I don't know where you live, but Mantisplace.com is in Central USA, and Rebecca has several different types of FF available.

Are you sure you need 4 cups at once?



Nick

 

[Tay And A]

Hi!
I´ve been searching like a maniac for answers to these questions but not found anything. Might just been blind but what the heck, its late

1. Have I understand this right, When the flies have laid their "eggs" should I remove the adults from the cup and place them in another to let the maggots to hatch by them self?

2. Is the fruit fly media enough of food for them or should I like put some fruit in there aswell?

3. Im about to buy 4 cups of flies. (No idea how many in each) I will probably feed one of the cups of to my baby cham for a couple of days. With the three remaining, Should they be alive long enough to survive until I´ve fed of the first cup?

Thanks!

Answers: no, no, and maybe. I get four cups when I have baby Chams I feed off two cups and use the other two to make more cultures buy some f.f media and make your own cultures you'll save a ton of money !!!

 

[Progrmor]

You do not need to remove the adults, some move some of the adults into a new cup of food to create a new culture.

The food is all they need, adding fruit will create mold which will kill the culture.

If you are buying 4 cups, order 2 producing cups (older) and 2 cups that just have fruit flies laying eggs in them. You will have flies for 1-2 months that way.

If you buy the fruit fly cultures at Petco/Petsmart with the blue food, they are poor quality…


I don't know where you live, but Mantisplace.com is in Central USA, and Rebecca has several different types of FF available.

Are you sure you need 4 cups at once?



Nick

Answers: no, no, and maybe. I get four cups when I have baby Chams I feed off two cups and use the other two to make more cultures buy some f.f media and make your own cultures you'll save a ton of money !!!

Okey! Well im in sweden, and my local store had a offer on buying four cultures for a cheap price. So ill buy two ready to feed of and two to keep the cultures going thanks!