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Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:40 pm
by Acromyrmexbob
Leafcutter wrote:Acromyrmexbob wrote: therefore my fungus was always extremely dark from the pulpated leaves.
Pulpated! What! Not sure about that one! Raj, educate me, please!
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:00 pm
by jimimardlin
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:56 am
by Acromyrmexbob
All looks well with your colony. Just keep doing what you are doing.
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:00 pm
by jimimardlin
YAY
thank goodness!!!
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:32 am
by Deansie26
Glad there doing well for you Jim!
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:36 pm
by jimimardlin
Thanks mate
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24/09/16
hi guys the nest has rolled over again coz of when they have grown upwards and dug out the side bottom. is this to much yellowness for this amount of fungus?
also I have not seen any brood in a long time
ive seen little white balls scaterd around, don't know if they are eggs or just fungus balls, ive seen workers carrying them about.
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:18 pm
by Formica123
fungus looks a good size and colour for that size of colony Jimi, you're doing well!
Don't worry about not seeing brood, I never saw any for weeks, and one morning I just saw loads of larvae and pupae on top of the fungus! If you really want to see brood, keep the nest box 100% dark and they will be more likely to place it on the edges of the fungus.
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 9:06 pm
by jimimardlin
Great, I may try that! I also did my first full water clean out and everything went smoothly!!!
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:09 pm
by jimimardlin
02/10/16
HI GUYS!
nothing significant has happened, they are continuing to cut and build, seen some larva which is a good sign! is there anything else I should be doing coz people have always said its really difficult and near impossible to look after leaf cutter ants and all I seem to do is just throw leafs in and spot clean the water, maybe like 5-10 minuets of maintenance a day
Re: Jimi's new Atta colony Yay
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:58 pm
by Andyj
Looking good. You certainly have the knack so carry on doing just what your doing.