Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Well hello been long since up dated this but all can say it's doing very well and all the tubing to each pods are not got fungus starting and the tubing to the tank were I feed them is full max out am waiting for raj pods so get more. And the set up soon be great to sit watch and my son loves to help me now feeding them apple and leafs.

Good to hear all is well.

Cheers mate ye they keep my family busy getting leafs

Ric, the key to keeping your Atta colony manageable despite huge numbers, is the length of the walkway. My recommendation is that you try to make the distance the ants have to walk between the nest and the leaves as long as you can. If you can make the walkway 15 or 20 meters then the ants will take a long time to get to the leaves and back. This reduces the number of trips they can make in a day and slows down the amount of food entering the nest. Using a short walkway like you have shown in your drawings means the foragers will start to pile up leaves in the nest and they will make lots of trips every day. You will not be able to keep up with the food and the nest will outgrow everything you give them. To keep a colony manageable the secret is to extend the walkway, longer and longer, as the colony grows.

Yeah been talking to raj about the walkway today ideas for it it will be great once it’s all done I will then take pictures of the finish set up of them for
You all to see

Hi all just up data my atta now in 3 very large pods from raj and long walk way to the tank where I feed them last night it was great watch the highway all see was leafs moving back to the pods and other ants going to the leafs. As winter here yet again I will be feeding black berry leafs again only thing is I can’t put pictures up I ha e videos on ant keeping uk on Facebook. Of my atta set up now

Thanks for the update.. glad to hear it's going well. What's your estimate on the size of the colony now?

Andrew seen a video on Facebook that my colony is now cost what he sells
£500 colony. Tomorrow my set up be one of a kind in total it’s cost me £480 for it.
It won’t let me put pictures up I don’t no why. The traffic to feeding is made now intotal of everything Lot money as
Gone into this atta but it’s great to see how much they go out now and cut leafs

Well my colony grow so much that it now got rope from there nest set up out to with rope to there outworld which raj as built for me I have done a video on Facebook ant keeeping uk as I can’t load pictures and videos on here . The set up brilliant now with rope it’s like them you seen in the zoo now

I now can say my atta colony is like a zoo set up with ropes and they are now moving on them carry leafs back to there nest it’s amazing I don’t need go to zoo now watch atta I have one at my home colony is doing amazing am sorry but I can’t post pictures or videos as my phone won’t let me which is a shame due it be great get some on just ask raj about my set up now.