Best temp for Hydei cultures?

[Psychobunny]

My cultures seem to go into all larvea stage after a few weeks (I do use a lot of them).

What is the best temp to keep the culture?

I have read that 75 to 80F is good!!??

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Yeah, I use room temp 72-75 any higher and it seems to invite mold, bought one turkish glider culture over a year ago, and still have it in culture today, using Joshs frogs ff mix with a few drops of vinegar add to help keep mold in check, Joshs mix work's great and smells good to boot, kept in the cooler part of mantis room down low by the floor.

 

[Psychobunny]

Thanks for the input.

Personaly, I like Repashy ff media, but the stuff really stinks after a few weeks

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Here's a link to Josh's, smells like cinnamon oatmeal and no real smell when cleaning out the 1.5 month old container.

http://www.joshsfrogs.com/food-nutrition/feeder-insects-supplies/fruit-flies-culturing-supplies/fruit-fly-media-media-ingredients.html

 

[hibiscusmile]

What is rehashy? and the warmer or say to warm, makes them mature quicker and can even cause sterilaziation, so keep under 80F

 

[Psychobunny]

What is rehashy? and the warmer or say to warm, makes them mature quicker and can even cause sterilaziation, so keep under 80F

This is Repashy:

http://www.store.repashy.com/

It's where I get my gel water and "Bug Burger" LOL!!

Did U see the pics I sent U Rebecca? They were big jpeg files even after downrezzing them !

No ff's left in there, only little maggots squerming around !!

They are under 80F for sure, but I read somewhere that you need to give the culture a little

water from time to time so they dont dry out!!

The media just decomposes to a nasty slime!!

It stinks even when I remove the top plug!! :blink: