So I am pretty sure my original two cultures are crashing if not already there.... my started cultures didn't seem ready though so I had DH pick up a culture at the pet store tonight. He got one that had a lot of flies already in it (I hoped he'd get one a little newer but oh well) so I was going to start another new culture from that one at least. So I set it all up, same as last time, and when I poured the flies into the new container and got the lid on (bit of chaos actually because it was so full they were getting everywhere so I had to clean those up too) and looked at the bottom most of them were laying there dead on the media! I don't know if it was too hot for them (which it was the same if not actually cooler than last time I made it) or if they were dead in the main container and I just happened to dump the dead ones out, but now I am not sure what to do. There are a bunch moving around, but there are a lot of dead ones. Are they going to cause harm to the culture being in there? Should I try to add a few more live ones now, or at least once it cools even more in case that was the issue?