Fruit flies

[Reptiholic]

What's the trick to keeping these alive? They keep dying on me... I mixed a cup of potato flakes with some sugar and a pinch of yeast for substrate/food and added water until it was crumbly. The next day they are all dead. Would too much yeast kill them?

The top is a kind of fine screen mesh. They are kept in a glass bottle type thing.

 

[chuckpowell]

Your mixture doesn't sound right. If you don't want to buy a commerical brand (I can recommend www.edsflymeat.com if you do). Then post on Dendroboard.com and see what they suggest. They talk about that sort of stuff all the time. Personally, I prefer the ED's.

Best,

Chuck