Old Time Frogers' Homade Power Mix, First Time Culture

[Lady]

So the mixture rose in my culture over night, but not as high as I would have liked. Next time I will add a bit more yeast. I will also add a little dry milk and some ground cinnamon. The milk for extra protein and the cinnamon to discourage mold. If my cultures crash I buy more flies and try again until I find what works.

[UncleChester]

In case you haven't seen it yet, there are more recipes Frog Forum - Fruit Fly Culturing, Care and Feeding - Everything you need to know about Drosophila

I use Atlanta Botanical Garden's Fruit Fly Culture which has the same ingredients as what Bill has mentioned. I also add cinnamon to make it smell a little nicer but that's optional. With the powder recipes you can mix up big tubs of the powder that last for months and take out what you need when you make new cultures. This makes it nice and convenient especially if you only have a small number of cultures running at a time.

If you find the banana/fruit recipe works for you, then by all means keep using it. Good luck and let us know how you make out

[Lady]

Just a little update. It's been 1 week since I started my culture and it has no mold yet but lots of maggots. In a week I should be starting a second culture but this time I will be adding the cinnamon, powdered milk and more yeast. Here's hoping for lots of boom in my cultures.

[Lady]

This is the first culture 9 days after it was made. If you look at the side you will see lots of little chrysalis on the side of the cup. I'm sure in a few day there will be lots of flies in there.

[scooter7728]

I know with mine 12 days before flies are in full boom, just actually started making my own media hope that turns out well

[Lady]

I know with mine 12 days before flies are in full boom, just actually started making my own media hope that turns out well

May your cultures always Boom Scooter7728.

[Lady]

So at 15 days our first culture is ready to feed the froggy off of and I started a new culture from it. This time I added a little powdered milk, ground cinnamon and twice as much yeast. I still have a few other tweaks to try if this does not do the job, but I'm sure I will get good results with enough practice. I will post a picture once I have a chance.