Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Deansie26 » Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:56 am

The unit has been attached for an hour and the fungus is covered in leaves! :evil:

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:05 pm

You can sometimes do everythng right and still the ants do their own thing. There was definitely something they didnt like about the previous setup. The task is to find out what it was.

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Deansie26 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:10 pm

Seems the case, little buggers.

Here's the first one I did
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Been 4 weeks since last side shot, had some good growth even though they went 3-4 days cutting next to nothing while I move there foraging area.

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:16 pm

I love that double picture, really shows the progress. I cant think of a better faster growing colony than your, Jamie. You do realise that you are very quickly going to be a victim of your own success. They are going to explode and you are going to have to provide them with container after container to accommodate them. Fantastic. Atta are the real deal!

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Deansie26 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:27 pm

Yeh there going well, will be rocking in no time! Im thinking about stripping that room out and insulating it with celotex and heating it, would give me so much more freedom if I could have fungus gardens just sitting on a table rather than in a heated box.

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Deansie26 » Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:08 pm

Tipped over :)


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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by RichardP » Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:11 pm

Timberrrrr.....

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:47 pm

You cant say that colony isnt looking great now. Seems any problems you may have had are thoroughly behind you now!!

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Deansie26 » Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:05 pm

They are going great, just the feeding table that's the problem, trying again this week.

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Re: Deansie's Atta cephalotes,

Post by Atta solider » Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:16 pm

Good luck trying get 2nd garden bro ;) but I think mine just started 2nd now as they are taking Tiny leaf bits and fungus in 2nd pod

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