New Farmicarium

New Farmicarium

Beitragvon 4mykids » 1. Aug 2007 16:14

This was made a few days ago with the attemp to mirror YTONG. It is made from a 50/50% ratio of Plaster and Perlite.

This is a few months old Carpenter Colony -

I am using a magnify glass for close up so sorry for the quality but if you look close you can see them sharing a cricket leg. On the top left I have Honey water in a plastic test tube that I cut to fix nice. They just settled in yesterday so the Queen with fatten up a bit - I know she looks a little deflated so this has helped a bit.
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Carpenter Colony.jpg
Carpenter Colony 3.jpg
Close up.jpg
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Beitragvon 4mykids » 1. Aug 2007 16:29

Sorry guy's,

The size is 18 inches by 18 inches.

It soaks up water really fast and holds it well. This colny had outgrown the test tube but I thought they would take days before they moved. This morning I checked and they had moved in over night so i grabbed a camera before leaving for work :)
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Beitragvon JimmyVe » 2. Aug 2007 21:50

Looks nice 4mykids, how do you keep it moist ? (have you a picture of that ?)

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Beitragvon 4mykids » 2. Aug 2007 21:53

Hello JimmyV,

I keep it in a plastic container that can hold water. I just pore the water into the container and the Farm soaks it up.
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Beitragvon JimmyVe » 2. Aug 2007 22:01

ah, okay, this way i keep my y-tong nests moist to.
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Beitragvon Bob » 4. Aug 2007 01:07

Looking good 4mykids. great effort and thanks for sharing the pics.
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