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[patyczak1000]

Hi
Which type of nest is the best for Pheidologeton ?
What temperature and humidity are best for them ?
regards
Patyczak

[baumarkthammer]

Air humidity about 50% so the humidity of your room is good.
Temperature min. 28°C
Best nest I think is a natural nest in ground but many people prefer a Ytong.
But the ground has to be very humid!

[ork]

Hi! i wait pheidologeton colony
for heating the glass baisin whith soil, you recomended heat floor, o is better heating lamp?
thanks. sorry for my poor and simple english

[Tetrawar]

i have a colony of Pheidologeton Diversus: 1 queen and 500-600 workers,the best nest for them is in the nest of sand+loam it is excellent for the umidity. the umidity must be 50%-60%..60% is better at 24-30 degrees !!
some people prefer the y-tong nest for the visibility

[baumarkthammer]

Heating lamp is more natural and i would say better.
Pheidologeton diversus like to digg very much and the ytong mostly is used because it can´t collaps as easy as the sand loam mix.

[ork]

Yesterday my colony is arrived!
but water is passed out trough the cotton and have flooded the tube...
many workers are dead on arrive and many brood too
the queen is still alive, and 30 workers and 5 drones too
i put in little glass aquarium, whith substrate of soil and bark
temperature is 25-29
humidity is 55-65%
many suggested for me?
sorry for my bad english

[Creature]

5 drones? Do you mean soldiers?

[ork]

Yes, i read time ago,"drones"=little soldiers
i dont know if is just name

[Tetrawar]

the drones are the male...it is called drones for his passivity.
anyway 30 workers are insufficent for a good start ...you have many possibility that your colony will die...especially if you will have some problems with umidity !!