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    SweetApples
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    Default Does anyone heat fruit fly tanks?>

    I have 10 gal. tank setup for raising fruit flies and my culture is going very slowly. I have that special wood fiber media in there and I feed them, I read fruit flies thrive more at higher temps. It's 60F here.

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    Default Does anyone heat fruit fly tanks?>

    Wow, you're using a 10g tank? Can you describe more about the setup? What media you use, how you portion out the fruit flies, ect.

    Yes, they prefer higher temps. 78* or so. This may help:
    http://www.joshsfrogs.com/catalog/bl...g-fruit-flies/
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    0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
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    Default Re: Does anyone heat fruit fly tanks?>

    It's cracked tank I can't use for fish, so it's open for raising feeders. My hopes was to raise a nice batch of fruit flies and not happening. Simple setup of wood fibers sold for fruit flies and then I toss in somewhat spoiled fruit for the fruit flies to eat. I already have a heating light on order for my crickets( which also won't breed due to temps)...Since I'd rather not buy more heaters, I wonder if I put the fruit flies tank next to the cricket tanks.

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    Default Re: Does anyone heat fruit fly tanks?>

    Think you would be better off culturing flies in the traditional ventilated plastic cup with medium (Repashy makes a nice one). If your room is 60F, need provide them a warmer environment, like keeping cultures in a tank with a heater bulb or so .
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