![]() ![]() These are newly innoculated cultures, so I'll let them 'cook' for a few weeks. Kind of figured the FF cultures would float, but the lid holds them down. I just set one up Marc with an old small aqaurium heater and a plastic container with snap lid that holds 6 deli cup FF cultures inside. Only issue I have with it is, it can slosh water over the sides if moved, as it gaps from the lid due to the force of the water sloshing around in it. My neighbor has been using her setup for about 2 months now and is having excellent results also. It is just a simple, cheap way for me to keep producing ff cultures in a coolish basement. I have only had to add about a quart of water to it one time, about 3 months ago. Which for me is perfect for my producing ff's. The medium of each of the ff cultures sitting on top of the incubator, temp guns out at 74-76F. The container is set on the floor on top of a couple of pieces of cardboard for insulation. The temps range on one side 80F to the other side of 81F. Hot air rises, so the warm air collects in the upper 1/3 of the incubator. The water is pretty evenly heated without movement. I do not use any pump to help mix the water from the heater. I set this up after realizing I could not maintain my ff's at a warm enough temp. I can keep my dart frogs warm enough, but not my fruitflies. Temps are always coolish, but constant (66F in winter to 70F summer. This idea came to me after setting up a similar incubator for my tadpoles. The less moving parts something has, the easier it is to maintain. ![]() A teacher taught this to my class in 7th grade. Thought I would share a way to keep your ff cultures going in this cold weather. Just contact with the bottom of each ff culture. This does not require any air circulation either. A light bulb used for heat quickly dries out the ff medium. Enough to supply her 2 dart frogs with food.Īnother reason I think this works is because it is wet heat vs (light bulb) dry heat. It is big enough to set 3-4 ff cultures on top the lid. She filled the container with water and set the heater at 78F. I gave her a 3.5 gallon sterilite container w/ 25 watt submersible heater. She could keep her frogs warm enough, but not her ff's. I have a neighbor that almost gave up on keeping dart frogs because of temp problems (to cold) with her ff cultures. ![]() I have a reptile point and shoot temp gun, so can tell at a glance what the temps are. If your ff room is colder, just turn up the submersible heater. As long as the containers are touching the top of the lid of heated water filled sterlite container, they stay at a steady temp. It would allow me a total of 22+ containers I think. I keep my 20 cultures on a shallow 41 quart container. Also allows them to vent to the outside air, so they don't get too wet for the ff's inside. It keeps the ff cultures in my 66F basement at 74-76F. I then put on the lid, and use the top of the container to set my ff cultures on. I then add a submersible heater set at about 78F. I use a plastic clear sterilite type container with a lid. This is so easy to set-up and very effective in keeping ff cultures warm. ![]()
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