What underground should I use for my Atta colony?

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What underground should I use for my Atta colony?

Beitragvon UneXisted » 30. Apr 2010 13:02

I have an Atta sexdens colony.

I also have bought a basin for them. Now i am considering the underground.
Should it be:
  • Seramis
  • Sand
  • Gypsum
  • Hydrogranule

What do you guys think?

For a video about my colony:
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Re: What underground should I use for my Atta colony?

Beitragvon Creature » 1. Mai 2010 01:58

Give them a Plastic box filled with seramis. With the seramis they can perfectly control the humdity. And the small plastic box is very good for them to control the humdity by themself. when the fungus is to big , u can use another , bigger box.
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Re: What underground should I use for my Atta colony?

Beitragvon baumarkthammer » 1. Mai 2010 18:55

Some people just don´t give them ground, but mostly they get seramis and some sand.
They don´t really need ground to have a nice nest.
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Re: What underground should I use for my Atta colony?

Beitragvon Creature » 1. Mai 2010 19:36

But seramis is a good way to keep it moist. And this way the ants can control the humdity by removing seramis out of the nestchamber
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