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miszt: (19. Jan 2008 01:19)

No unfortunetly, only that their diet consisted of 50-60% fruits, seeds and nuts, I'm trying to get a list together of native fruits/seeds in Malaysia and Tropical Australia, once I have it sorted I will post it up :D my Pheid affinis arrive next week :D

Ashton McStansfieldio: (21. Jan 2008 22:23)

Hey guys, I been Away for a while. My daughter was born on 10th Jan she`s gorgeous:)

I`m afraid I lost another queen, no obvious reason why she died, she was the one in the biggest colony and seemed to be doing really well.

The other queen is doing fine and I managed to adopt most of the workers between the colonies. I do offer seeds to my Pheidologeton diversus but not tried fruit and nuts I spose the more varied the better so i`lll try to add some.

Glad to hear about youre Affinis Misz and I wish you the best of luck with them, are they from Kalyatta?

kashmir79: (21. Jan 2008 22:36)

CONGRATULATIONS !!! Ashton :D

Realy happy for you !!!

sorry about the Queen pal

but hey your a Dad now !!!!

Congrats :D :grin:

miszt: (21. Jan 2008 22:44)

Conratulations Ashton :D

Yeah definitly try fruits, i've been trying to find out what are most common in S.Asia/Northern Australia, but no luck yet, but i've just remebered (while writing this) that one of my cousins lives there, so will ask and let you know :D

sorry to hear about ur queen :( is that colony now queenless? they are an 'advanced' species tho, so culd be the tiniest thing that kills her


yes my colony is coming from Kalytta, its not 100% confirmed as Affinis, but its very similar, if i cant work it out, i'll take a worker or two down to the natrual history museum an rumage thru their specimins, if they'l let me lol

JimmyVe: (21. Jan 2008 23:14)

Congratulation with you daughter !!!

Sorry to hear that from you queen, a few weeks ago 1 of my queens also died (i had 2 queens in my colony) don't know the reason nether. They are really difficult ants. ;)

@miszt: you cousins lives in Australia, damn. That's nice. Do you visit him often ? ;)

Necturus: (21. Jan 2008 23:47)

Congratulations from me too, mate!
Keep in mind that she wont go for insects or honey water though;)

Best of luck to your family, i hope all works out fine:)

Necturus

Ant mad: (10. Feb 2008 11:17)

I am sorry i just have to ask but do you think top-soil from your local garden center will do as the nesting ground for this species?
Thanks.

JimmyVe: (10. Feb 2008 14:54)

Hello Ant mad and welcome,

Well as long as it is sterile it would work. (i think :) )

Ant mad: (10. Feb 2008 17:02)

cool thanks for that and do you think that Ceramic Heat Lamps would work?

Necturus: (10. Feb 2008 21:59)

Hey there,
problem with the soil is the fertilizer inside. I'm not certain what you call it, but you should be able to get soil without fertilizer, used to start plant cultivations. That would be the safest bet.
Heater lamps work well, aim for ~26°C.
You certain you wanna try with that species? Its rather hard to keep them and most beginner colonies die rather fast, so they can be very frustrating.
Greetings,
Necturus


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