Beginner needs some help!

[jz24]

Hi there garden lover,

Welcome to frog forum. You're going to love your frogs. They are so comical and fun! Carlos gave you great reading material. I just wanted to add one thing. Don't forget to use a calcium and vitamin supplement. I personally use Repashy calcium and vitamin supplement. Just put a little pinch into a cup, add your flies and swirl like mad to coat. Then feed out like you normally do. Once you start feeling comfortable with culturing fruit flies, you can look into the other options ( e.g., springtails, Isopods).
Best of luck to you. Nice to see a fellow gardener on the forum. Take care,

Judy

[GardenLover34]

Thanks so much for the advice! Frogs are still healthy and active...I think I'm starting to get the hang of the fruit flies. I started some cultures a week ago and now there are visible larvae(?) - looking like little grains of rice?

I read through the links - they were really helpful, thank you. One other question -- how long do I need to keep adult flies in the cultures? Do I keep all the adults in there to keep reproducing, or do you usually feed out the adults once the larvae start appearing? Not sure if I need to leave them all in there to keep reproducing. I have four different cultures going, started a week apart.