Old Time Frogers' Homade Power Mix, First Time Culture

[deranged chipmunk]

Not tearing anybody down. My recipe is a few basic ingredients. Vinegar, instant potato flakes, confectioner's sugar and yeast. no perishables to create mold.


Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world ~ Nelson Mandela

[Lady]

There is a natural anti fungal I can use that is safe and I will try it. Cinnamon is recommended by some frog keepers that use homemade fruit fly culture media. I plan on trying other recipes if this one does not work. My main concern with potato flakes is they do not have vitamins that are added to the potato powder in the commercial mixes. Real fruit has those vitamins. I am told that if I start my mixes hot and add yeast and flies after they cool I will have a better chance of killing the unwanted mold and bacteria.

I'm sorry if I was getting Harpy earlier. I am so use to people not taking my allergy seriously when it is as ****ing serious as a heart attack. People say "Oh it can't be that bad." "You must be making this **** up." or my favorite one from a restaurant manager who was faking he did not speak English when I asked him to wipe down the counter before making my sandwich. "Oh' I wipe down counter this morning." At that point is was just past lunch rush and I saw all sorts of unsafe sauces and dressings smeared on the counter that I know from experience will seep through paper and make me far too sick to be worth my time. I walked out and refused to go to that chain of restaurants for about 5 years after that because I don't deserve to be treated like that. One could say it is a very touchy subject for me.

[Lady]

Another favorite quote from my father that he has not used since the doctor's note incident, "Suck it up and eat what is on your plate or hurt my feelings." As if his feelings would be any better when he was on trial for murder.

[canadian frog]

hey there nobody is down playing your allergy or trying to knock you down, we are all here to help each other, im pretty new to this forum and I find every body to be helpful, I would rather learn from other peoples mistakes than make my own and hurt any one of my animals in any way, you seem pretty hard on yourself, I think you have done a pretty amazing frog tank and trying cultures (which I haven't done yet seems pretty hard) is pretty awesome, keep up the amazing work, look forward to seeing more, but you need to keep an open mind as too what is being said nobody is here to hurt you or your animals, as we are all animal lovers or we wouldn't be here. keep up the good work, cant wait to see more

[Lady]

hey there nobody is down playing your allergy or trying to knock you down, we are all here to help each other, im pretty new to this forum and I find every body to be helpful, I would rather learn from other peoples mistakes than make my own and hurt any one of my animals in any way, you seem pretty hard on yourself, I think you have done a pretty amazing frog tank and trying cultures (which I haven't done yet seems pretty hard) is pretty awesome, keep up the amazing work, look forward to seeing more, but you need to keep an open mind as too what is being said nobody is here to hurt you or your animals, as we are all animal lovers or we wouldn't be here. keep up the good work, cant wait to see more

Yes I beat myself up a-lot and I rethink and second guess. I also have to keep some kind of a barrier between myself and the world because I have been hurt and abused every way a human can and still live. Many people can't understand what it is like to be attacked and left for dead. I can...

[canadian frog]

we all have issues to deal with, just keep your chin up and be proud of what you do, what you have done, and how far you have come in life, nobody is here to hinder or hurt you, its just advise, be open and take it for what it is.

[deranged chipmunk]

Lady, i know the way i type and my syntax seems a bit curt sometimes, because i'm normally on my phone and hate typing on it because of that demonic autocorrect , but just so we stay on the same page, i'm just here to help, and was only relaying my experience with this version

the potato flakes have yet to let me down on longevity, and by playing with the recipe a bit, i have had a culture stretch to almost 2 months feeding 4 hungry mantellas. as for vitamins, well, i dust for calcium and vits anyway, so they get them there.