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Hey, collected my young Acromyrmex colony recently and actually got to choose the colony which was great! There where larger colony's available but I opted for a pretty small one but it did have quite a few ants. I done this as it will be nice to watch them grow from scratch again.
Simple set up, easily expandable for feeding box. Will build a nice large set up for them in the future.
Seeing this small colony made me realise how well my last colony was doing and how far it had come.
Is a single queen colony.
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:56 pm
by Acromyrmexbob
Looks amazing, keep it coming!
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:09 pm
by Deansie26
Hi everyone sorry not updated for a while, today I done a fresh simple set-up till I have designed and built their main one.
To be honest I've not been happy with the current one I've been running and nor have the ants.
This should keep the humidity 100% simplified version of the one I had initially built for me with my first colony. I've used cat litter as substrate and added a little power head for flow.
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:20 am
by Deansie26
My Acromyrmex chewing leaf
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:49 pm
by Deansie26
Is that not a beautiful site!
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:21 pm
by Acromyrmexbob
Thats some growth in the fungus Jamie! Good progress. It makes me sick how good you are at this.
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:03 am
by Atta solider
Nice colony and fungus looks like getting big now mate nice little set up you have there
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:34 am
by Deansie26
Cheers guys, I love the clear box for viewing!
This type of set up is bullet proof, really made me think if possibilities again lol.
Not gonna last long through.
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:59 am
by Acromyrmexbob
Whats the mesh round the end of the box for?
Re: Deansies Acromyrmex colony No2
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:34 am
by Deansie26
Acromyrmexbob wrote:Whats the mesh round the end of the box for?
Just for gripping, find clean acrylic can be slippy for them-didn't want any skydivers lol.
