Learning from my mistakes, I tried making TRSV media again on 28/04/25 at my CUBE homelab, Nallalam, Kozhikode
@magpie used to share pictures of her fruit fly culture and also has shared about the TRSV media. That inspired me to culture fruitflies at my homelab also!
[28/04, 9:06 am] ayanasudheer: @~Himanshu Joshi @Batul Pipewala @Theertha Cube
How to transfer fruit flies from one bottle to another.? Pls suggest.
[28/04, 11:03 am] Theertha Cube: Can we place another bottle over it and tap the below bottle.
[28/04, 11:04 am] Theertha Cube: How to trap fruitflies, written by Aswathy Trapping Fruit Flies
Following the standardized protocol posted by the cubist @saswathy679, I made TRSV media again
Ingredients needed
1 egg sized tomato
2 tbspoons of Rava
1 tbspoon of Sugar
150ml water
5ml vinegar
Procedure:
Add 150ml of water in a pan. Keep it it very low flame. Add 1 tbs of Rava and sugar to the pan. Stir it continuously for 2 minutes. Then add the smashed tomato to the pan. Cook for 10 minutes in low flame. Stir continuously. Then, allow it to cool for 5 minutes. Now TRSV will be thick. By adding 5ml of Vinegar, it will become slight liquidy.
TRSV is transferred soon into two bottles (250ml, 600ml bottles cleaned and dried in sun) using a funnel without touching the walls.
