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Food and Feeding
CareSheet: Black Soldier Fly and Phoenix Worms
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<blockquote data-quote="Teamonger" data-source="post: 334648" data-attributes="member: 9511"><p>Just a quick update about the light. I had a bit of a time getting the thing to me (not the company's fault, that was all me) but finally managed to get it set up. </p><p></p><p>Winter has arrived and with it the sun has left me high and dry so my flies were not mating or laying eggs at all up until I got the light no matter what I did. </p><p></p><p>I installed the light but nothing seemed to change.</p><p></p><p>Added a grow light (Ikea) as well to the bin and still nothing happened.</p><p></p><p>After researching a bit I realized it might not be warm enough or perhaps bright enough regardless of the weird light wavelength or whatever requirements being met by the new light. I added a 60W normal bulb for heat and extra light and pretty much instantly the flies went crazy and started mating and laying eggs. I have no idea if it was the heat or the extra lumens that did the trick but I will work that out once I have a stable colony again.</p><p></p><p>I am still working on some experiments to see what works and what does not and how effective the light is when heat and humidity are sorted out. I will update when I have more concrete data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teamonger, post: 334648, member: 9511"] Just a quick update about the light. I had a bit of a time getting the thing to me (not the company's fault, that was all me) but finally managed to get it set up. Winter has arrived and with it the sun has left me high and dry so my flies were not mating or laying eggs at all up until I got the light no matter what I did. I installed the light but nothing seemed to change. Added a grow light (Ikea) as well to the bin and still nothing happened. After researching a bit I realized it might not be warm enough or perhaps bright enough regardless of the weird light wavelength or whatever requirements being met by the new light. I added a 60W normal bulb for heat and extra light and pretty much instantly the flies went crazy and started mating and laying eggs. I have no idea if it was the heat or the extra lumens that did the trick but I will work that out once I have a stable colony again. I am still working on some experiments to see what works and what does not and how effective the light is when heat and humidity are sorted out. I will update when I have more concrete data. [/QUOTE]
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