JimmyVe: (27. Jul 2007 16:49)

Very nice miszt. Now your colony is on his way to start growing. ;)

About the lid... have fun making a new one. ;)

miszt: (28. Jul 2007 22:53)

Made a new lid, but its not ventilated enough, humidity hit 99% today, and the tempreture hit 34C, eeek! i've removed the heat mat, i dont want to cook them lol fortunetly the tempreture inside the wood was a max of 24C, so should be fine, but now i've got to try and make a ventalated but escape proof lid, and soon!

I have some Mosquito netting I was going to use, but i'm a bit worried they will be able to chew thru it, also checked out the netting you recomended above JimmyVe, but wont they be able to chew thru it? Would like to get a plastic mesh, like what is used on the Lids in Antstore, but cant seem to find it anywhere, any ideas which one it is?

Bob: (29. Jul 2007 03:52)

Like it. Would like to see some pics of the actual nest itself as in not the entire terrarium but the cork part in which the ants will live. Do post more pics if possible.

miszt: (29. Jul 2007 17:37)

Not much to see really, its not a 'see-in' nest, but a pile of cork pieces, but there ya go... :D i dont usualy use cut out nests that you can see into, i prefer to keep everything as natrual as possible, also i have an endoscopic camera that i can use to see inside the nest if i need to

Also added 2 live moss's and a flat leaf plant i found in my garden, not sure what the plant is, but it likes the damp, so shuld do well

Bob: (29. Jul 2007 20:04)

Love your display. Once again Thanks for the display. An endoscopic camera? Sounds great! Are you able to take any pics from it? Where may we purchase such an endoscropic camera? are they expensive? Please do let us know.

miszt: (29. Jul 2007 21:12)

I got one off ebay a while ago for £75 (~$150), tbh it was a bit of a waste of money, the picture quality is almost as bad as the focus lol but its good enough to check the nest and count eggs/larve/workers

JimmyVe: (30. Jul 2007 13:23)

Must say, this is a nice farm Miszt.
Here in Belgium you can buy a kind of mesh that is made out of iron. The kind they put in tanks of a car to prevent dirt floating in when you refuel.

(hope you understand what i mean)

miszt: (30. Jul 2007 13:31)

thanks JimmyVe :D am really lookin forward to see them out n about

sounds interesting, I'll have a look round sum car shops and see what I can find, dont think Iron is a good idea tho with the humidity levels I'm keeping them at, will rust very quickly, but maybe theres a steel version, cheers for the tip :D

JimmyVe: (30. Jul 2007 13:33)

Well i think it is steel. But I'm not sure about it. ;)

Lowth01: (31. Jul 2007 22:42)

cool! very good choice of ant lol. I have the same species. I have one worker who seems to stay outta da nest. she loves da side of the glass and not da floor. Wonder if its an instinct?

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