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My new colony arrived! :grin: Safe and well!
Queen is looking healthy, around 100-150 workers, 4 small majors and one medium major
8)
I'll post some pics this evening, for now I'm leaving them to rest after their 3 day journey thru wind swept europe lol
I'm completly rethinking my approach to keeping these ants, I was initially going to keep them in a ytong, however I think a farm will be better.
According to 'the Ants', these ants eat 50-60% fruit, nuts and seeds, so I will be feeding them a selection of these, high protien ones (eg pinapple/peach/prune) and various insects. I'm going to try them with a little honey aswell, although I'm not expecting them to take this.
Nest will be kept at a steady 28C, with 60%+ humidity, air temp will vary from 30-35C from a lamp. (Once I have finished setting up there vivarium, which will be based on Northern Australian Rainforest :) )
dude u really could teach this stuff... ur skills are far too wasted..
Glad to hear they all arrived ok tho.. and im def looking forward to some pics.. Did they come in a nest or TT?
Steve
Carefull with the temperature mate. id suggest staying around 26°C. Otherwise you might boil em. Dont forget they live below the ground, where the temperature is a lot lower then on the surface. also, they are usually found in the shadows below trees.
Once they settled down, give try and give them a warmer spot in the ytong, and see how they like it. always best to let em choose:)
Greetings,
Necturus
True necturus, but remeber these ants come from tropical australia and south asia, where tempretures easily hit 40-50C+ at mid day...but to be safe I'm going to drop them down to 26C, untill i can get confirmation about the ground temp for them, i'm sure I can find sum info on google :)
Once they get there ytong I will certainly setup a few areas they can choose from
Also Antstore & Kalytta both suggest a ground temp of 28C
Nice miszt, good luck with these ants, i hope it works out well. Sure post some pics. Can't wait. ;)
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Hey Miszt, glad ur colony turned up safe and well:) Can`t wait to see your setup interested to see how you do with the fruits too.
Best of luck mate.
a few pics...waiting till they've moved into their new home b4 i disturb them again
Setup is, 30x20x6 Farm, with a Ytong about the same size inside, heated with a 12w Heat Mat on a Thermostat, set to 26C inside the nest
Nice setup miszt, i hope they like it. ;)
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bah! my heating ( in my house ) switched off last night, now the glass inside my nest is covered in huge drops of water! and some drowned ants that have got stuck :cry: hopefully the water will drip down and be absorbed back into the ytong soon!!
heres a few more pics...
ooooh that's a shame, hope they become ok....