Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Magic wrote:

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.

Amazing progress in such a short time magic.

Thanks guys

It looks great! The fungus has really grown!!

Bitterlime wrote:It looks great! The fungus has really grown!!

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 )

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

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

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.