I have 3" of flies on top of the water (bait). If I add more water, the pile of flies keeps rising. lots of flies but less are dying. What's wrong?
615479
Reach in there with your hand and scoop out the flies. Keep your mouth closed when doing this just in case they were all faking it and then suddenly fly into your mouth in some sort of gross kamikaze mission. It might be a good idea to tuck your pants into your socks and wear safety glasses too.
615480
Why not empty the jar away from the house and start over. You KNOW it works.
615481
Nothing is wrong. Shake the jar to bring the flies into the liquid. Otherwise wait to the cool of the morning, shake the jar, and remove the flies into a plastic zip lock bag with a strainer spoon and seal the bag. I usuall add a small amount of insecticide and throw the bag into the garbage. Add water to bring up the level in the jar. The flies will be quiet early in the morning. If the flies reach the top of the jar, it will be easy for flies to escape. As a result the trap will cease to work when full, and in fact may increase the fly population when maggots form. You can strain the flies about five times before you need to fully clean the jar and replace the bait. Nothing is wrong. Shake the jar to bring the flies into the liquid. Otherwise wait to the cool of the morning, shake the jar, and remove the flies into a plastic zip lock bag with a strainer spoon and seal the bag. I usuall add a small amount of insecticide and throw the bag into the garbage. Add water to bring up the level in the jar. The flies will be quiet early in the morning. If the flies reach the top of the jar, it will be easy for flies to escape. As a result the trap will cease to work when full, and in fact may increase the fly population when maggots form. You can strain the... » Read More Nothing is wrong. Shake the jar to bring the flies into the liquid. Otherwise wait to the cool of the morning, shake the jar, and remove the flies into a plastic zip lock bag with a strainer spoon and seal the bag. I usuall add a small amount of insecticide and throw the bag into the garbage. Add water to bring up the level in the jar. The flies will be quiet early in the morning. If the flies reach the top of the jar, it will be easy for flies to escape. As a result the trap will cease to work when full, and in fact may increase the fly population when maggots form. You can strain the flies about five times before you need to fully clean the jar and replace the bait. « Show Less
1546660
Start with a lower water level and see if that helps. The only times mine has not stayed on for several hours is when the water level was too high.
70703
Yes, it worked perfectly for us with that problem. Just follow the directions. Very easy! Takes about 2 weeks for existing flies to die, and no new ones come back if you follow directions.
110591
I would find another product. I bought it for flies an it didn't work for that.it cakes up I'm the sprayer also.
1662471
The water shoots up in streams as the bass hits or as the music gets louder. You don't need to add water. Try turning the music up louder.
1371001
the water should be above the rice level, may be by half-inches or little more. If you have more rice, add more water, may be one inches above the rice level and remove the upper net basket. try once-twice and you will get to know!!
987614
Even if it doesn't, a good solution to drain flies is drain cleaner. I know, seems kind of cruel but it does kill them. Bleach works too.
1597159
OMG NO. This attracts every fly for miles AND starts to stink. That being said... it attracts every fly for miles and they drown in the water so you have the slightly stinky fly bait topped with dead flies, which attracts more flies to drown in the water and so on.
946742
I'm very surprised. I added "attractant", hung it out and caught several. You could try adding hamburger or soda. I know they are attracted to soda cans if left out.
513753
Man, don't have an answer for you. THAT is certainly interesting. I wonder where exactly you are at in the Caribbean and what types of flies are abundant in your climate zone. Maybe the flies were "checking out" the new smell and were attracted to the Big Bag. Now, it sounds like they have moved on!
1909649
You might need to add more water if it seems dry. It might take a while to get compost if you don't have a lot of worms.
1615223
Mine came with a fly attractant you can place on the outer cage. It needs to be replaced periodically.
2031042
It's happened a couple of times in the past 8 months with fruit flies--usually when there was a lot of fruit in it (go figure). I changed the filter and try to empty it every couple of days. Hasn't been a problem lately.
867585
I used 3 teaspoons full to 1 gallon of water. I water my 9 plants once a week. I did it forfour weeks and it did work. We haven't seen any tiny flies in a while now. The plants were infested by a new plant I bought at the super market.I should have kept it apart from the others until I knew it was clean but I didn't. But the natrol WDG worked.
1056720
The line connects to the leader, then you need to attach tippet to the fly. Line to Leader to Tippet to Fly....In an ideal world...you should never tie to your leader as its length is important...its tapered for a reason. Good luck and try "The idiots guide to fly fishing". Good investment. I have it and it's very informative.
1674437
I have experienced the same problem. Make sure you have a high water level and a tight seal in the skimmer basket.Ed
2250116
you might want to try letting it dry out for a couple of days and then try it again. Our hexbug fish does the same thing at times, then other times it swims up and down like it's supposed to do. Not sure why.