Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Sun Dec 20, 2015 11:48 pm

Quick sketch in iPad
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:42 am

Really bad quality vid, but you can just make out the basics of the video. And the new fungus growth :D
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yXoZWSBjjj8
The gage on top of the outworld is just a spare lol
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:56 am

Yes, new growth. That certainly buys you time. Hopefully we can keep it going.

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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:03 am

The setup is exactly the same as the last except for a few changes. It's actually colder (still 23) and uses a heatmat instead of a water heater.
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Jackie62 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:42 am

It's looking good Marco. Our set up has always used heat mats to heat the surrounding water and I think this is the way forward.

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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:48 am

I got the idea from your setup. I thought it would work better because it heats the whole of the water not just using a heater where it had to disperse the heat throughout the whole tank
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Jackie62 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:15 am

And it will also help with maintaining a good level of humidity.

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Post by Formica123 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:17 am

Yes. Working well so far.
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:07 pm

Setup is doing really well. I'm in the progress of discussing a range of acrylic cube setups for my colony and to sell. It will include 2 20cmx20cmx20cm acrylic cubes, connected with acrylic pipe and a heating unit. I'm also thinking about a 3rd larger cube as an outworld.
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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus

Post by Formica123 » Tue Dec 22, 2015 6:47 pm

Fungus growing nicely now. Better than before.
I will put them in their new setup I'm February.
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