Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Powered by phpBB Social Network © phpBB SN Group
Deutsche Übersetzung durch phpBB.de
Time : 0.040s | 40 Queries | GZIP : On
Thank you both of you,
bugsy wrote: You can try and carve a section underneath one of the chambers so a small container can sit underneath it.
I don't think I will risk this in case I chop through to the chambers.
bugsy wrote: Alternatively sit the nest in water for a few hours then remove it for a few days.
This sound like a safer option, thanks. I did try and make a leg when I made the y-tong but it was just too thin and meant that the container would have had to be about 2cm deep.
Andie wrote: think first i would dry it out then drill a small hole in the perspex and down between two of the chambers, where the ants cant escape, you could maybe inject water via a syringe into the y-tong. Hopefully that would give you enough moisture.
This is a possible idea but again is risky, I will definitely make sure that the y-tong is thicker in the future.
I have thought about ventilation but I do not know anything about it, such as the price and set-up.
Thanks
Lewis
:wink:
Update: despite the fungus or mould the queens keep laying at what seems to be a ridiculous rate as they must have around the same amount of eggs as other brood. :o
Can't you just place something under one side of the ytong, ideally under the end where the rubber tubing is, to raise it above the level of water (roughly half in/half out), then you will get a moisture gradient too, as opposed to wet then drying then wet then drying like removing it would do (no offence Bugsy). I don't know how high you need to raise it but something wedge shaped like a door stop would do if it's only a few centimetres needed? A wooden wedge would be easy to make yourself but would rot of course...
Still not really ideal but you should plan ahead a bit better.
None taken, just a suggestion to an unfortunate situation. Personally I would start again and incorporate everything you've learnt. A colony that size shouldn't have any problems moving.
Yes I know I made a mistake and will make sure that I do not make the same mistake again. :lol:
@Shiver, thank you this is a good idea. I will defiantly test it. ;)
@bugsy, I will not start again until I see a difference in the ants behaviour.
I have not yet moved them back into the water, because they seem to be developing at a higher rate. Also to mould does seem to be drying out :)
Almost all larvae are now cocoons and the eggs are hatching into larvae. :)
Food is being taken readily even with this bad whether.
I do not think that one of the queens holding it's abdomen underneath it sort if like spraying acid is it cleaning its self, because it does it all the time. I any of you have seen Messor barbarus in the wild, they do the same when carrying the seeds back to the nest. Maybe for speed. maybe the queen is just always ready to lay.