Formica's First Atta.

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: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:18 pm

Marco is photo averse I think.

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Post by Formica123 » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:39 pm

I'm actually in England ATM, will take one when I get back, I promise...
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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:05 am

Any updates Marco? Few pics etc

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Post by Formica123 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:43 am

Photos from a few days ago. I recently sent a decent chunk of fungus to a friend who's colony was struggling, so they were halved, but they're regrowing fastly, all the gray area is from the last 2 days. They're now in a pod setup from Raj :) I'll upload new pics soon
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Re: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Deansie26 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:24 am

Nice Marco, is that the pod system Raj had his Atta in you have got?
Has Jack still got his colony?


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Post by Formica123 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:32 am

Deansie26 wrote:Nice Marco, is that the pod system Raj had his Atta in you have got?
Has Jack still got his colony?


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No, it's a completely different design of pods, much like Sean's but with a few differences - I've put a layer of plaster and a few micro live stream cameras in - let's hope they do well.
I havent heard of jack in a while. But he definetely still has his ants. I'll message him now.
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Re: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Leafcutter » Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:18 pm

Formica123 wrote:
Deansie26 wrote:Nice Marco, is that the pod system Raj had his Atta in you have got?
Has Jack still got his colony?


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No, it's a completely different design of pods, much like Sean's but with a few differences - I've put a layer of plaster and a few micro live stream cameras in - let's hope they do well.
I havent heard of jack in a while. But he definetely still has his ants. I'll message him now.
At the time Sean didn't have full sets available for sale so I thought I'd make some pre-built ones for Marco.

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Re: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Formica123 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:58 pm

Here's the pics that I've forgotten to upload so much lol
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Re: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:49 pm

Marco, did you just put the fungus garden into this container. Looks like it is on its side. No great problem but do you have probes and such in this container? Looks nice and humid with the condensation.

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Re: Formica's First Atta.

Post by Formica123 » Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:02 pm

Hi Andrew,
The fungus was already on its side, and continues to grow this way for some reason, it fell over last week. Probes reading 24.3 c and 98% humidity
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