Magic's Acromyrmex journey

Let everyone see the story of your colony(ies) over time. Pictures, developments, success and failures, what works / what doesn't, and your plans for expansion as time goes by!
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Re: Magic's Acromyrmex journey

Post by Andyj » Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:09 pm

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Andyj wrote:Well done m8. What changes did you make ?
Thanks Andy
I made a bigger gap between the nest and the heat cable .
I am going to change the place for them . Will move them from the room to tittle storage place which will by easy to heat whole the space to make the temperature similar
Yea i think this would work better. Heating from the bottom is always going to cause condensation in a closed box without adequate ventilation so warming the surrounding air would be better i think. I will probably follow suit.

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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:46 pm

Amazing progress in such a short time magic.

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Post by Magic » Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:23 am

Thanks guys :)

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Post by Bitterlime » Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:33 pm

It looks great! The fungus has really grown!!

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Post by Magic » Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:55 pm

Bitterlime wrote:It looks great! The fungus has really grown!!
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Post by Magic » Thu May 12, 2016 9:24 am

The fungus has grown to a good grapefruit size and looking well.
I decrease temperature from 26c to 25C and doesn't look like they like it so much as they not cutting as much as before. They never say no to orange peels and almonds but kind of fussy about leaves .
Also if any one know what is the reason they cover grape with stuff ? ( picture 2 )


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Post by Deansie26 » Thu May 12, 2016 10:50 am

Looking great Magic, they do it that to soak up excess moisture :)

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Post by Magic » Thu May 12, 2016 11:29 am

Deansie26 wrote:Looking great Magic, they do it that to soak up excess moisture :)
Thanks Jamie .
It make sense, just wonder maybe the nest is a bit too wet.
Still going to change few things in my acro setup, also planing new setup for atta as I always wanted acro and atta. Need to talk to Andrew maybe I can pick them up in the next couple of moths

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Re: Magic's Acromyrmex journey

Post by Deansie26 » Thu May 12, 2016 6:06 pm

Going for Atta as well, lol fun and games. I don't find them any harder to keep personally-think the only frustrating thing can be is when they won't eat the same thing! Lol.
I've witnessed the soaking up thing myself, especially with very wet fruit I've tried.
Right now I think they are trying to achieve the opposite effect, they have took cut dried leaves and dumped them in the water dish, perhaps trying to regain moisture? Not sure.

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