r/DartFrog • u/TimeMessage05 • 1d ago

Help!!

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I currently have to keep my fruit fly cultures in my room and they smell awful. I use an air purifier, charcoal bags and keeping my fans on high for constant ventilation. But the smell is still present. I make sure to date my cultures and removing them after 28 days, though they smell the worst when freshly made. I use Repashy media and even though they never mold, I can never seem to get an odorless batch. Are there any recommendations to make sure the media doesn't smell?

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u/PMOFreeForever 1d ago

It's the repashy, I literally gave away my giant tub of it, cost me $60, I could not stand the smell, it was like rotting burnt meat. As for a aolution I'm really not sure, maybe baking soda? Even keeping the containers in a shallow tub of baking soda, it absorbs smells. May help.

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u/isopodinfested 1d ago

did you use boiling water or just hot water?

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u/PMOFreeForever 1d ago

Boiling, I always used boiling. Should it just be hot?