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robroy865: Building ytong nest and housing it in planted tank. (25. Apr 2018 13:30)

I recently took my 6 year old Larius niger colony out of hibernation. I placed the ytong nest in a planted tank and will see this season how well it works. There is a chance that they will move into the substrate but it is OK. Here is a video of how I built the nest and set up the outworld.

https://youtu.be/C7Sude1-rKs

Barristan: Re: Building ytong nest and housing it in planted tank. (25. Apr 2018 21:14)

Nice video, thank you for sharing. I only wonder why the colony isn't bigger yet.

robroy865: Re: Building ytong nest and housing it in planted tank. (25. Apr 2018 22:28)

The colony is a few hundred or just over a thousand strong and not growing extremely fast. I caught several queens in 2012 and but kept 2. This one and one I gave to my sibling. The colony of the 2nd queen grew much faster than this one. It was at this size after 2 years. They were both kept in the same setup for the first 2 years with the only difference that my sibling's nest was in a much warmer climate and much shorter less severe winter. I think this could be one factor but feel that my queen is just a bit slower in general.