Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

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Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Tue May 10, 2016 11:54 pm

Spent all of last week at Amazona Zoo in Cromer, setting up a Leaf Cutting Ant colony and building a large walk through cave for their tropical house. Turned out very well. Some pictures below. (we didnt paint the enclosure backgrounds!!)

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The Leaf Cutters were housed in a tank with moat at one end of the cave and we ran a pipe to the other end. It was Raj's colony we used for this job. Nice colony!

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Re: Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by Deansie26 » Wed May 11, 2016 7:15 am

Fantastic, the rock work looks really great and the unpainted colour really goes. Is there a moat in the foraging tank and does the vertical pipe have anything in it to help them grip?
How is the set up heated?

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Re: Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by RichardP » Wed May 11, 2016 9:26 am

Another cracking job!!

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Re: Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed May 11, 2016 10:04 am

Deansie26 wrote:Fantastic, the rock work looks really great and the unpainted colour really goes. Is there a moat in the foraging tank and does the vertical pipe have anything in it to help them grip?
How is the set up heated?
Unpainted colour! :(
Moat in the feeding tank is on the base, I added around 4" of water there.
There is a branch up through the centre of all vertical pipes.

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Re: Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by Deansie26 » Wed May 11, 2016 10:12 am

Acromyrmexbob wrote:
Deansie26 wrote:Fantastic, the rock work looks really great and the unpainted colour really goes. Is there a moat in the foraging tank and does the vertical pipe have anything in it to help them grip?
How is the set up heated?
Unpainted colour! :(
Moat in the feeding tank is on the base, I added around 4" of water there.
There is a branch up through the centre of all vertical pipes.
Sorry you meant you didn't paint inside the enclosures, the green walls.
I was thinking that cement has dried a fantastic colour ha ha, looks great though you are screwed. When you do move to Trinidad your going to have to come back everytime a job requires it done to do it yourself lol, bit to artistic for most folk I'd imagine :)
Where did you learn to do it?

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Re: Amazona Zoo, Cromer, Norfolk

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed May 11, 2016 10:20 am

Deansie26 wrote: Sorry you meant you didn't paint inside the enclosures, the green walls.
I was thinking that cement has dried a fantastic colour ha ha, looks great though you are screwed. When you do move to Trinidad your going to have to come back everytime a job requires it done to do it yourself lol, bit to artistic for most folk I'd imagine :)
Where did you learn to do it?
Its actually painfully easy! But thats a secret, dont tell anyone!

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