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New setup

Post by Formica123 » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:39 pm

Put 2 of these together, one for an atta colony I'll hopefully be keeping for a few weeks and one (meant to be for acro. Versicolor, but I'm giving them to Andrew) spare.
I'll hopefully keep an acromyrmex colony inside the spare one.
It's the exact same as deansyme's setup, an aquarium, a heater, a pump and an acrylic box inside.
Temp is 24 degrees and humidity is always 99%
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QfYUYGasHKQ
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Re: New setup

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:33 pm

Woaw! Camera work was awesome!! Like work from Avatar. Your manual zoom was something to behold. Looks good though.

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Re: New setup

Post by Deansie26 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:49 pm

Nice, that will work well Marco!

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Re: New setup

Post by Formica123 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:57 pm

deansie26 wrote:Nice, that will work well Marco!
Hope so, now I just have to save up for a colony to put into it :D lol
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Re: New setup

Post by Deansie26 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:12 pm

Formica123 wrote:
deansie26 wrote:Nice, that will work well Marco!
Hope so, now I just have to save up for a colony to put into it :D lol
Thought you where selling them now? Lol

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Re: New setup

Post by Formica123 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:14 pm

deansie26 wrote:
Formica123 wrote:
deansie26 wrote:Nice, that will work well Marco!
Hope so, now I just have to save up for a colony to put into it :D lol
Thought you where selling them now? Lol
Those are stock only - but if they start selling and I get my money back then I'll keepone
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Re: New setup

Post by Deansie26 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:08 pm

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Thought you where selling them now? Lol[/quote]
Those are stock only - but if they start selling and I get my money back then I'll keepone[/quote]

So do you have this stock at your house? What's going on lol,

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Re: New setup

Post by Formica123 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:09 pm

deansie26 wrote:/quote]

Thought you where selling them now? Lol
Those are stock only - but if they start selling and I get my money back then I'll keepone[/quote]

So do you have this stock at your house? What's going on lol,[/quote]
My mate is looking after them, he helps with the website also
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Re: New setup

Post by Formica123 » Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:05 pm

Added a thermometer and an aquarium light, so I can see the ants and always tell the temp of the water and will be getting and air humidity reader soon
http://youtu.be/HD6aQB77G4I
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