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Posted January 25 2015 - 12:01 PM
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The product is here: http://www.amazon.co...asin=B002Y0S6J6
It is rated 5 starts so I expect to be having for a very long time until I don't want it anymore, one of the reviews was actually saying that the person bought it for his ants!
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Posted January 25 2015 - 1:13 PM
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I just use potato flakes for substrate and paper desert plates for them to crawl on. I put them in 32 ounce deli containers. Much cheaper that way.
If I were to buy that, I would be spending $32 to ship enough for 6-7 cultures.
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Posted January 25 2015 - 6:20 PM
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I just use potato flakes for substrate and paper desert plates for them to crawl on. I put them in 32 ounce deli containers. Much cheaper that way.
If I were to buy that, I would be spending $32 to ship enough for 6-7 cultures.
I'm just restarting since the store bought flies are crap and are hard to get out of their own culture without killing most of them so I have to restart if I want a really good easy to breed ant food.
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Posted January 27 2015 - 5:02 PM
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Wow that was fast, they came in 2 days. They came with 2 containers that are resusable, I wasn't too happy with the fact that there was only 2 balls of excelsor (bad spelling?) so I will definitely have to by more materials. They came with a container with ~50 flies and I fed some to my L. claviger colony which they were really excited for!
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Posted February 6 2015 - 5:10 PM
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I'm very satisfied with the outcome! 
Edited by Gaige Daughtrey, February 6 2015 - 5:10 PM.
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Posted February 12 2015 - 2:19 PM
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I just use potato flakes for substrate and paper desert plates for them to crawl on. I put them in 32 ounce deli containers. Much cheaper that way.
If I were to buy that, I would be spending $32 to ship enough for 6-7 cultures.
I've been using your method to keep my culture going. The first batch worked great. The second batch began to get moldy so I tossed it and made another with more vinegar. Now the plates are beginning to mold. Have you had issues with mold? Is there a fruitfly-safe mold deterrent I can add?
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted February 12 2015 - 2:42 PM
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Mold spores can survive cleaning. Are you using the same deli cup each time? That may be your problem.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Posted February 12 2015 - 2:56 PM
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Posted February 12 2015 - 2:59 PM
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Mold spores can survive cleaning. Are you using the same deli cup each time? That may be your problem.
Nope. I tried transferring the flies to the new cup as gently as possible, but I'm sure some mold spores still transferred (plus the fact it's already probably everywhere). Will an even higher vinegar ratio harm the flies?
May I recommend you try this fruitfly media? It is really good and contains mold inhibitors. Lol, if I got a dollar for every time I recommended this site I'd at least have enough for a free bag.
http://www.joshsfrog...supplies-3.html
I'll give that a try as I've heard positive things about joshsfrogs.
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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