The Best MELANOGASTER Fruit Fly Food Media (3 lbs/2.7 Quarts - Makes 20 Fruit Fly Cultures)

Great product

I hesitated breeding my own fruit flies after reading through dozens of culture medium recipes and horror stories of mites, mold, and awful odors. But the quality of flightless fruit flies at my local pet store was very hit-or-miss, and these flies were the primary food source for 15 spiderlings. So I decided to give it a go, and I chose this culture medium for my first attempt at breeding. It couldn't have been easier to use and had a pleasant scent. Most importantly, I've had incredible success. I've started 5 cultures so far, and every one has produced hundreds of active, healthy fruit flies with no issues like mold, mites, etc. I couldn't be happier, with a constant food supply and no more paying $11 for a small container of half-dead flies from the pet shop.

This Melanogaster Fruit Fly Culture Mix has been my go-to for consistently producing a good harvest of fruit flies. Every time I use it, I get plenty of healthy flies, and the cultures typically last around two months before they go bad. One trick I’ve found is using half of the recommended amount of mix—it actually gives me better results and makes the product last twice as long! The flies thrive, and the cultures stay in great condition. If you're looking for a reliable and cost-effective option for breeding Drosophila melanogaster, this is definitely worth it!

Easy to use, last a long time, does the job good quality fruit fly media!

This media is by far the best smelling and highest yielding media I’ve ever used! They also have Hydei specific media, but I culture both Melanogaster and Hydei with it and have great results. After the culture is started and has pupating larvae in it, the culture literally smells like bread dough. I generally have so many flies that I run out of media in the cup and have to start a new one. I’ve only ever had problems with mold once and it was with a Hydei culture, so you can almost expect it because of how long it sits. If you’re looking for very easy to mix, high yielding, low smelling fruit fly media, Josh’s Frogs is the best. I’ll never use another media mix!

Absolutely horrible item I have to completely replace my fruit flies due to this because I was already on a low amount. I ordered this product in hopes that it was worth me spending a little extra money to get an extra pound or two instead of buying Superfly but indeed was not. First off as you have heard and everybody else has posted when they post a negative review that they seem that the batches are inconsistent especially because they have purchased from them before and they are continuing to make them the same exact way. Well her following instructions the one serving filled up two half 32 oz cups. Which I was only looking to make one so I had to go with another one because it would have been plum full to the top almost. The other thing is is the water ratio was completely off That's how I know that there is inconsistencies in their bats because there's no way you can put out a product like this and have ratios off that horribly. I made about a hundred cultures of Superfly before I even tried this stuff. I sure as hell know how to make a fruit fly culture especially if I'm following your directions. They won't take a return back on this or refund my money and they have done the same thing when they sent me rotting plants. Bromeliads to be specific. At this point the last thing I will ever do is recommend Josh's frogs and this is coming from somebody that has sold exotic animals for over 20 years. And does it currently as a living today.

This is the only culture-making product I've used and it has given good results. I follow the ratios in the directions, and in this dry climate it works fine for me. I don't use RO water, I use tap.

Smells good for what it is

This stuff is amazing. Easy to use.