SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Here we go, some decent pictures:
The ants seem now to be neglecting the smallest garden, unusual behaviour :/. Spotted laurel is on the menu tonight .
The ants seem now to be neglecting the smallest garden, unusual behaviour :/. Spotted laurel is on the menu tonight .
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Did I mention I have a live stream of my colony up and running?
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Great photos, colony looks brilliant!
Yeh I've seen your can before
Yeh I've seen your can before
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I bet if you added a little soil into a couple of the spheres you would get more gardens quicker Raj, is good to just spark them into it. I thought you would have more by now. What is the diameter of the spheres?
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12cm diameter so volume is 905cm^3. I think of adding soil but then it means more mess and the main tubing is being blocked off at the end by debris, cellulose stems, old soil, dead leaf particles. I'll give it a go.deansie26 wrote:I bet if you added a little soil into a couple of the spheres you would get more gardens quicker Raj, is good to just spark them into it. I thought you would have more by now. What is the diameter of the spheres?
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Try a little in one sphere Raj, they will eventually empty it in to the dump but it does help start them from my own experience, Just don't use to much as they dump it pretty quick.Leafcutter wrote:12cm diameter so volume is 905cm^3. I think of adding soil but then it means more mess and the main tubing is being blocked off at the end by debris, cellulose stems, old soil, dead leaf particles. I'll give it a go.deansie26 wrote:I bet if you added a little soil into a couple of the spheres you would get more gardens quicker Raj, is good to just spark them into it. I thought you would have more by now. What is the diameter of the spheres?
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Will pop some in now .
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Hmmm.. seeing your setup has given me even more ideas.. An enclosure in which to put the nesting chambers... interesting.. better heat stability I would imagine.. nice one.
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An incubator is a good idea.RichardP wrote:Hmmm.. seeing your setup has given me even more ideas.. An enclosure in which to put the nesting chambers... interesting.. better heat stability I would imagine.. nice one.
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Re: SELLING: Large Atta cephalotes colony
Popped some soil in the two spheres and will see if any fungus appears, hopefully they'll start more gardens .
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