ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Ant mad]

recived 30.10.08
1 very nice looking queen form antstore with from what i could see to be about 2-3 eggs but hard to see on the white cotton wool.
i will be keeping her around 25-26oC with about 70-80% humidity.
i will be keeping them in http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php/info/p781_glass-basin-50x20x50-cm-with-27mm-drilling.html 3/4 full with a mix of peat and loam. Till they need a bigger nest anyway.
but i am glad i brought some more fungus because form what i could see there was none or very little there but she has gladly tacken in the spare fungus and cut a small bit of rose leaf and put it next to it atm.
so, so far so good
i will get pics when i get a cam but my phone dont pick any of my ants up (its a crap phone)
Any advice,comments or anything else would be appreciated.

[Ant mad]

Quick update 1.11.08
Queen has cut the fungus in two and put 1 bit near the enterance of the test tube and taken the other bit to the other end tube.
But i am a bit concerned of how active she still is, atm she is still running up the sides of the glass and falling
so i am thinking of getting her back in the TT and bunging it up again, but shes still cuts the leaves i put in and put them near the fungus which is still a good sign.

[gabranth]

nice i would get these ants if they didn't grow so big

[Ant mad]

yer i was thinking that at first but i am thinking about getting a 1x1x1meter tank when the time comes which should not be too soon tho.
just where to put in lol

[gabranth]

i hope you have a rally big room to put them in for all the basins you will need

[Ant mad]

oh yes iv got the whole bassment if need be no one else wanted to use it
quick update again shes now back in the TT and ive bunged it up so shes now caring for the fungus once again

[JimmyVe]

Good luck with them Ant mad.

[Ant mad]

thanks for that JimmVe
as i said i will try to get a camera soon but probley not till a few weeks time.

[Ant mad]

the worst has hapened i came home to find the queen dead
but i did wonder due to how active she was and she had seemed to stop careing for the fungus altogher, even tho i gave her fruits,leaves and a small amout of honeywater so i have no idea y she died.
but to die out in less than 7 day any ideas wot might of happened?
thanks

[JimmyVe]

There are a million of reasons. Hard to say. I'm sorry for you loss.

[Ant mad]

had a feeling you might of said something like that but i will try again in a few weeks time so hopefully next one will go better
Thanks

[gabranth]

get 2 queens

[Ant mad]

i could do and it does say they are polygyn but id have to think about doing that
Thanks

[JimmyVe]

These are really nice ants, but hard to start from a single queen. Hope you will have better luck next time.

[Ant mad]

ok going to change the tempature a bit, because reading through some of the German bits alot of them are keeping these at 23-25oC and doing well, so i will be keeping them at approx 24oC which might work it might not, but of couse i hope for the better