ANTSTORE World of Ants

[adam james]

Hi to you all you can ask me questions and stuff about my Atta cephalotes here

[JimmyVe]

Hi Adam,
it's nice to here that your ants are doing so fine.
Do you have pictures from your formicarium (and ants) so we can read en see

[adam james]

Hi jimmy im going to try but i dont know how clear they will be

[JimmyVe]

Verry nice pictures.

Greets Jimmy

[adam james]

Thanks jimmy im looking to get a new digital camera so hopefully youll be able to see more detail. greetings Adam

[LeonofLondon]

Are you just keeping them in an open room with out climate control???

[adam james]

Hi LeonofLondon no i havent got climate control but if you mean am i keeping the temp, humidity right the answer is yes the fungus is on a biscuit tile (tile not been glazed)its absorbant like tissue but its a tile so they carnt cut it up. Every couple of days i add some water whitch rest under the tile slowly being realised. The humidity in the box is 90-100%and evrything must be right as the queen is laying well, more and more workers are hatching and they are still leaf cutting everyday and plus the fungus garden is growing in size evryday.Yes i am aware they can cross the water but they dont. They use it to dump there rubbish and it gets cleared out every day.many greetings Adam

[adam james]

Hi mike yes i know. The tile protects (water is under tile) it but at the same time acts as a moist surface like soil.

[uta]

post from LeonofLondon - today

Im sure leaf cutters and require about 80% humidity how are you maintaining this from the pictures it seems there open in the room and you do relise that even with the water it is not completly escape proof becuase they can float to the side.

[adam james]

Hi mike yes i do understand as i said earlyer the tile absorbes water and holds it there so the fungus is not sitting in water it is sitting on the tile and i add some water by inserting a pipete with a norrow tube and squirt about two drops of water under the tile .It is then absorbed by the tile so no part of the fungus sits in the water.Basically the tile acts like gypsum and ytong blocks its absorbent like them.The humidity is 90-100% and as i have said the fungus garden is growing larger evryday so it isent callapsing. greetings Adam.

[martjduk]

hi adam - nice pics. My fungus garden ahs got large and i have found it needed supporting. i used some wooden sticks stuck in the ground to stabilise it, u may have problems when it gets bigger!!! have u left enough space for the queen to move about comfortably??

Martin.

[adam james]

Hi martin yes i have left enough space she can move around very happily and she does so. .Im glad yours are doing fine and im glad to say my fungus garden is growing to.but so far it doesent need supparting once it fills the box it wont be able to move so then ill attach anouther box on.

[Mika]

Any updates?

[adam james]

hi mika ive updated my diary on them soz its late as ive been busy social life an all .

[Kale^^]

How is your Atta cephalotes doing novadays?