The Deep Aquarium Hull

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The Deep Aquarium Hull

Post by Daubz1977 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 3:47 pm

Went to the deep today and discovered they had a colony of Atta cephalotes. There was a nest area and foraging area with another foraging area that they got to by a rope bridge.
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The nest area is in the bottom of the enclosure, you can see the fungus through the dome in the centre.
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sorry about the photo quality.
ants i keep:-
Atta cephalotes
Polyrhachis dives
Camponotus cruentatus
Camponotus ligniperdus
Camponotus barbaricus
Formica cunicularia
Messor barbarus
Lasius niger

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Post by Deansie26 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:11 pm

Nice one Dale, I wonder how they heat the nest tank. Strange look to it with the plastic dome with a little soil. I wonder what they plan to do for growth.

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:20 pm

Supplied the colony to them but unfortunately had nothing to do with the setup so cant answer any questions. Dale, you should get in touch, tell them we have a thread about their display and ask them to contribute to the discussion. Good find, forgot about them.

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Post by Daubz1977 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:20 pm

when did you supply the colony mate because i went a few months ago and there didnt seem to be much going on, but today the dome was full of fungus and they were very active outside the nest as well. I couldnt really see any room for expansion for growth but there could have been something below the enclosure. I will email them later.
ants i keep:-
Atta cephalotes
Polyrhachis dives
Camponotus cruentatus
Camponotus ligniperdus
Camponotus barbaricus
Formica cunicularia
Messor barbarus
Lasius niger

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:04 pm

Cant remember. Maybe a year or so ago.

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Re: The Deep Aquarium Hull

Post by Deansie26 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:33 pm

Looks like there dumping by the wall of the fungus box.

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