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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 17, 2011 20:44:38 GMT
Hi I have been wondering what to feed my Caerulea?
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Post by nepenthes77 on Jun 17, 2011 23:52:52 GMT
Pinguicula generally catch fruitflies the most.In my experience, my Pinguicula Primuliflora has caught and benefitted from ants very much.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 18, 2011 4:37:04 GMT
Okay thanks, I did feed my ping a dead spider and it still digested it.
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Post by nepenthes77 on Jun 18, 2011 11:49:15 GMT
Anything with thin and feeble legs will get trapped by a pinguicula.
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Post by nepenthes99 on Jun 18, 2011 13:27:10 GMT
If you do not have access to fruit flies outdoors, you can eaily purchase Drosophila cultures from most pet stores.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 18, 2011 14:17:11 GMT
Okay thanks
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jun 19, 2011 17:04:13 GMT
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Post by jeff on Jun 20, 2011 7:34:08 GMT
Bonjour
You can use flake to feed the aquarium fish , but not much else risk of indigestion and sometimes death.
jeff
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 20, 2011 15:27:15 GMT
Okay thanks.
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Post by coldcoffee on Jul 9, 2011 16:43:04 GMT
hamata, if you have a petco nearby- ours sells wingless fruitfly cultures (as mentioned above by nepenthes99) for about $9.99 (In CA, might be cheaper elsewhere). I feed them to most of my CPs and see accelerated growth rather quickly!
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Post by brotherlymonkey on Jul 9, 2011 19:13:45 GMT
hamata, if you have a petco nearby- ours sells wingless fruitfly cultures (as mentioned above by nepenthes99) for about $9.99 (In CA, might be cheaper elsewhere). I feed them to most of my CPs and see accelerated growth rather quickly! those cultures are rather small, and poor producing. If you make them in home, they work out to maybe a dollar per culture, if that
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Post by Not a Number on Jul 9, 2011 21:31:48 GMT
Some of the Petco stores in the Los Angeles carry wingless fruit flies for 6 or 7 bucks. I've seen two types of containers - one is just a basic cup with a lid, the other is a cube on a pedestal with the food culture in the pedestal base. It has a slight chamber up on top stoppered with a foam plug which makes sprinkling out the flies easier. The cultures last about 6 weeks.
Some of the PetSmarts in the area sell both wingless and flightless fruitflies.
I make my own media from instant mash potato flakes. A bit of sugar, a pinch of mold inhibitor, a pinch of brewer's yeast, a splash of cider vinegar and a few grains of baker's yeast. The sugar, flakes, vinegar and baker's yeast are for fermentation. The brewer's yeast adds additional vitamins and nutrition for the flies. You can buy the flakes, sugar and vinegar at the dollar store. Baker's yeast from the supermarket or bakery supply. You might find the brewer's yeast in the supermarket but your health food store. Mold inhibitor can be bought at bakery supplies.
I use mason jars to house the cultures. You can use a foam stopper (buy scrap foam from a fabric/upholstery store) or just a paper towel held in place with a rubber band. With strips of cut up coffee filter for the flies to crawl around on. You can use excelsior (buy from a packing/shipping supply) or fiberglass netting (like bird netting).
I bought a culture from Petco in the cube container over three years ago and have kept it going. If you start a new culture with adults from the first new generation you don't weaken the strain.
I recommend you sprinkle some of the flies into a close-able container and put that in the freezer for half an hour to an hour to stun or kill the flies. Without wings to mire them down the flies are strong enough struggle free from the mucous. Flight fruit flies have wings but are defective so they can't fly.
Or you can use crushed dried bloodworm, fish food flakes or pellets. Mist the plants lightly after sprinkling a tiny amount on each plant. Otherwise the powder is dry enough to desiccate the glands and the food won't digest and just gets moldy. Go easy on the powder because too much can "burn" the leaves.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jul 13, 2011 21:43:41 GMT
Ok thanks for the advice.
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