Queen Elizabeth II At cep, MQ5000 F10 FG1 Maj

Let everyone see the story of your colony(ies) over time. Pictures, developments, success and failures, what works / what doesn't, and your plans for expansion as time goes by!
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Queen Elizabeth II At cep, MQ5000 F10 FG1 Maj

Post by Britishants.com » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:56 am

We've named our personal colonies so it's easier to distinguish between the two, QE2 is doing well and consists of 3 medium tanks attached with 20mm Perspex.
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The picture above shows the addition of the colony. The lids are 3mm Perspex with 20mm holes (yet to be drilled)

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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Britishants.com » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:59 am

The two central tanks contain other species but the Perspex walkway above is the colony going about their business.

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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Deansie26 » Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:31 pm

Good to see something different buddy as I think I've said before. Try plumbers tape on the mesh, can get a cleaner finish than celotape buddy
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:12 pm

This looks like it could get interesting!
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Britishants.com » Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:23 am

I bought some plumbers tape, not got a moment to use it! It's all work an no play got me at mo. The ventilation of the units was an interesting moment, I added a vent to the container Image
Needless to say in 5 days the fungus reduced by about 25% thankfully this was reblocked with a cotton plug and things have already started to increase again! It's a matter of tinkering and closely observing and monitoring that makes for the ideal set up.
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:49 pm

I know you like a clean setup but a small spoon of peat or soil and the ants themselves will take care of the ventillation so it perfectly suits them.
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Britishants.com » Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:51 pm

Oh they've got that in there! Little buggers removed most of it tho! :)
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Britishants.com » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:29 pm

I decided to downsize my Atta QEI colony that I was going to do a journal on. It was housed in a tank that was oversized, the ants rarely ventured more than 5cm from the fungus so here's a video of moi complete with all the high tech gear I use to handle my fungus! Lol

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This is the colony that i have used to test on, they have fostered fungus and soldier pupae with great success and the Queen is a lot more active than most of my others! She's really confident. Comments welcome!
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Atta solider » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:19 pm

Nice video mate I think I might have to move mine into a big tub but there like 10 soliders now just had one on my hand l lol
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Re: Queen Elizabeth II large display Atta's

Post by Britishants.com » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:48 pm

I always wear gloves! They got one hell of a nip on them! Lol
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