ANTSTORE World of Ants

[AntsNational]

Nice! That is cool looking! It won't be long before your ants grow out of that though, I also find that pouring about 1-2cm of plaster at the bottom of the containers helps maintain humidity for new gardens to start when the ants decide it. It also absorbs moisture, traps it in and allows for the colony to easily maintain house within the container.

[deansie26]

Hi, got colony shifted -lost a lot of ants which is unavoidable to be honest. Still to get and fix insulated exo terra foraging tank. Here are some pics and video of the set up so far. Sorry if you can't understand accent ha ha.



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[AntsNational]

When you say they got shifted, what do you mean? The fungus looks like it could do with a bit more fresh leaf matter :p

[deansie26]

Hey Vasile, I had to dig out the colony from the compost filled cube they where in. Shifted just meant moved to new set up (with no soil) a lot of fungus and ants where lost but queen was fine which was most important.
They have since added loads of new substrate but even in that picture you can see the new grey matter.

Deansie

[deansie26]

Hey, just a few photos of my atta set-up, finished for the time being. In the winter the light will come down and it will be completely insulated with just the doors uncovered. Still need to seal up the garage but in no rush at the moment, summers just starting so temps fine at night.

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Cant wait till there more of an army like the Acromyrmex

[deansie26]

Hi all, few new clips that have quite nice detail

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[shane]

love the colony

[deansie26]

[p]A better video of my set-up and the colony so far.[/p][p]In the clip you can see the new insulation I have over the glass-I have a piece for the open part also, just removed for the video
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[deansie26]

DIY Island with moat that I'll be fitting in to exo foraging tank when silicone dries tomorrow. Will hopefully stop escapees and make a rope walk way easier to do next year.[br]Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar[br][br][br]Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar

[deansie26]

love the colony

Thank you Shane

[deansie26]

New foraging tank set up, going to fill the exo with water then small amount if oil to stop evaporation.[br]Will leave it a few day for them to find the route as I had to leave loads in while I fitted it.[br]I'll put a rim around the island which the queen will be unable to scale should she ever appear, though I've pipe rather than vine which take the fall factor out there.[br]I've also put vents in the pipe for air flow.
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[deansie26]

Here's a short clip with commentary of my new Atta foraging tank set up, I'm very pleased with it-some will die in the moat but not as much as will escape and die when it get really going as I've discovered with my Acromyrmex which are a night mare to feed and I kill loads. For everyone that gets put back 3 or 4 get out!
Ill be able to fit a rope straight on the that platform next year then have it going round the garage

Opinions welcome
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[deansie26]

Hi, due to the rapid rate the new garden is going up I thought i would get to work. I've now finished the new fungus tank expansion for the Atta, it will sit directly behind the current 3 boxes. I'm going for maximising space and cost efficiency as all the pipe has been expensive so saved on cheaper boxes. As there at the back crystal clear viewing isn't as important.
It will be connected to the main pipe that connects the current 3 boxes.

When I start in the second half of the vivarium/ unit I'll be making a second main highway to the foraging tank as the first might be to congested.

I thought about using clay pebbles but have stuck with well vented tubs with plastic hanging basket mesh to provide a layer of air between fungus and base.
I get no condensation at all and did initially worry about this and lack of humidity as I don't use a meter with them but as you can see from the soldier clip(biggest soldier yet!
The fungus seems to be growing well.

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[deansie26]

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[deansie26]

Extra fungus clips, good detail
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