Daubz Atta cephalotes

[Daubz1977]

Great pics, get on photobucket? Glad things are going well!

yes mate it took me a while to work out how to use it, im not good with all this technology lark

[Deansie26]

Only through forums do I know about it, I'm not good either. Our wife's are long suffering eh, better looking at ants than boozing in the pub though, that's what my wife says.
Then you can just booze at home lol,

[Daubz1977]

Yeah i tell my wife shes lucky im not in the pub boozing, but i think she would rather that than the tub of supposedly flightless flies escaping when i removed the lid
I think im hooked on leafcutters already, i dont think i will be getting any more species to add to my collection.... maybe some acros next year depending on were im at with my attas.

[Deansie26]

There's nothing like them, never get boring as there always changing and challenging us

[Daubz1977]

this is a quick plan of what im planning for the setup, I am going to build the shelving unit, the shelves will be solid mesh so the heat can move around the whole unit, the temperature will be controlled by a 100watt heat cable and a pulse stat and also a cooling unit, does any one know of a device i can use that is like a pulse stat but in reverse i want the cooler to kick in if the temperature goes over 24.5°c.
Any feed back would be appreciated also will this be big enough for the long term.

[Acromyrmexbob]

You can wire just about any thermostat for this. The thermostat simply switches on and of. If you have a live feed to the switch and the neutral to the heater on the on part, and the neutral to the cooler at the off part then the thermostat will run the two. Alternatively this unit does the same....

Microclimate HC6 Thermostat - 600 Watt - The HC6 thermostat is a digitally controlled unit that controls heaters and fans simultaneously using an on/off power supply to allow environment control within the vivarium. The maximum wattage that can be controlled by this thermostat is 600 watts. Set the temperature that is required on the heater dial, The HC6 will then switch the heater on and off to maintain the temperature that has been set. A temperature can then be set on the fan dial this will then activate the fan to cool the vivarium or can be used to achieve a temperature gradient inside the vivarium. The HC6 has a Green power LED to indicate the HC6 is switched on, Red LED for indication of power being sent to the heater and a Blue LED to indicate power is being sent to the fan output.

[Daubz1977]

Thanks a lot mate.

[Daubz1977]

quick video, in it you can see ive got a few new workers and some brood. Sorry its a bit shaky

also hows the fungus looking?

[Deansie26]

Embedded your clip for you.
That's some really white fungus! Great video, that with your mobile?

Your set up looks interesting, great your going so big, once it's done it should be done for good with it being large.
Where you thinking of putting the heating cable?
Is each box on a shelf connect to each other directly?

[Daubz1977]

Thanks mate, I used a usb microscope to do the video cant get that quality close up with my phone. Is white fungus good then? Im going to attach the heat cable to the back of the incubator similar to how youve done it in your accro cupboard.