I keep mine in the fish room and have no fruit flies. Perhaps you are feeding too much or keeping the culture too moist. Just guessing.
Paul, these are great food & discus love the smaller white ones, & are worth the trouble, IMO....lol.... Get one of the"mite" hangers they use in bird cages... They will help eradicate the flies.... Tape or stick it to cover so no contact with soil...there are other options, look 'round the internet, can't think of more right now...Dottie
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I keep mine in the fish room and have no fruit flies. Perhaps you are feeding too much or keeping the culture too moist. Just guessing.
Mama Bear
Thanks everyone for the advice.
Maybe I did have the material too wet.
I actually tried to stop feeding them people food.. I was feeding them bunny poop and straw, which was great for the worms, but even with that, I still got tons of fruit flies.
It was fun growing the worms, the flies just made it a bad experience overall, but I'm glad it's working for other people.
I hung up several strips of fly paper, but the things just bred too fast lol.. Like I had hundreds, if not thousands of them before I gave up and moved the worms outside.
My discus fish only eat small baby red wigglers. I no longer try to feed them the big ones.
I am considering this. Does anyone have a link to the scientific breakdown on nutrition content?
Greg
I tried to keep red wigglers. Kept a bin in my basement and ended up getting infested with soldier flies, and freaked out because they look like black hornets.
Marc
my discus do not eat red wigglers. i think they are too big for them to eat.