Deansie26 wrote:Great videos Jackie, so is there no soil in any if your fungus tanks? Couldn't watch the full 15 minutes :/ funny in big colonies as you can see a lot if ants doing nothing but standing about.
What ventilation do you have in the fungus tanks?
No soil in any of the tanks, never had the need to put any in. The colony seems to prefer it that way and they form their own material out of leaves etc I guess. I did once put soil in and it got ignored, save for a bit every now and then carried elsewhere.
Ventilation is just the windows in the lab. Its a large lab with windows all around. I keep a couple of these open according to weather conditions. The main tank has a metal, raised lid, which allows air to flow in and around it, the other tanks only have plastic tubing and no other ventilation. The metal lid has a light attached to it and lights up the main tank. This is controlled by a timer, so the colony spends night time in total darkness.