appretiate you posting this video. Its gotten too expensive buying these damn flies from pets mart to feed my little gecko
@juicesarthropods
7 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! And don't forget, as the culture grows, you can keep splitting and making more cultures. There is no issues with imbreeding with them, HOWEVER! Wild fruit flies can lay through even the mesh net lids so maybe keep them in an incubator or something.
@MrBuddhaa420
14 күн бұрын
Once you buy a culture and use all the flies you don't throw it out do you? Bc there are eggs and larva in the blue stuff! I get several generations out of 1 buy
@krystallagraize6246
6 ай бұрын
How much nutritional yeast? Great video!
@juicesarthropods
6 ай бұрын
So, I usually just use like a quarter cup at max
@kriswTmom
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Love the recipe videos!
@juicesarthropods
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@eddiegonzalez7935
6 ай бұрын
Bruh three cans of beer no thanks I'll drink em instead lol
@juicesarthropods
6 ай бұрын
Lol I mean, beer is cheap. Buy a 24 pack, use 3 for unlimited fruit flies
@eddiegonzalez7935
6 ай бұрын
What if I don't have yeast?
@juicesarthropods
6 ай бұрын
@@eddiegonzalez7935 You can not add it if you add the beer, but I did tend to notice they didnt lay as many eggs. But give it a try, maybe it was another factor that skewed my data!
@eddiegonzalez7935
6 ай бұрын
@juicesarthropods imma try my first culture to keep these store bought ones going. I've experimented once by just adding a prickly pear into a container with like 10 flies after the fruit began decomposing I noticed a bunch of worms
@themantisgarden
Жыл бұрын
AH! You add beer, I use Port, nice to see someone else using alcohol, it works :)
@juicesarthropods
Жыл бұрын
Oh absolutely, it works WONDERS!
@MrBuddhaa420
14 күн бұрын
Is the beer necessary? In recovery. Don't have beer in the house lol
@juicesarthropods
14 күн бұрын
Kombucha also works! Just no artificial flavors!
@MrBuddhaa420
13 күн бұрын
@@juicesarthropods hmm what about smashing some fruit in? Like banana and letting a natural ferment happen. Before I decided to even do research I just put over ripe banana. Which works. But it's too wet and smelly once the ferment started. Me and my kids have a vivarium. With s few baby frogs spiders ants and a couple skinks. I can't keep enough fruit flies in there for them. But it's all too small for crickets. I'm going to thin out the frog population now that the tadpoles are crawling out. But still..
@juicesarthropods
12 күн бұрын
Like, you CAN, but the alcohols purpose is how the fruit flies KNOW to lay their eggs. Kombucha has low level alcohol in it, and theoretically a NA beer would work too because its ENOUGH alcohol to be detected. I have tried fruit before mixed in and dear god the wild fruit flies come in MASSES and the issue is those little bastards can lay their eggs THROUGH mesh netted lids and then your entire colony becomes destroyed, not to mention the horrible smell. The cinnamon being upper might help with the latter
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