Atta - Aquarium setup

[Magic]

looks amazing .love it !

[RichardP]

hi great setup could I ask what size the tank is please

Hi, the aquarium is 80cm * 40cm * 40cm.

I hope that helps.

[RichardP]

The ladies enjoying some apple. This is now my finished feeding station. I've added a back ground and a light at the top that is usually for aquariums. It's so bright and really illuminates the feeding ants. I also threw in the base of a bok choy cabbage but they didn't like that.

In other news, they really like periwinkle.. they find it preferable to almost anything at the moment.

And that blue slate stone at the bottom is a useful addition. I drilled a couple of different sized holes in it so when I have a stem of vegetation for them I push it into the drilled holes and it stands upright. Often poking out the top of the feeding station an inch or so.

Oh, and they've filled the first nest chamber almost entirely. It'll be interesting to see how they colonise the rest of the set up. I'll post a picture if I can but it's not easy to see the fungus anymore as they have added a thin layer of soil to the inside of the chamber.

[reevey]

that looks great do they try and clime the glass in your feeding area and what is the size of your feeding area tank please and is it heated
sorry for all the questions

[RichardP]

The glass box is 30x20x20cm. They do climb the glass but there is a sort of glass rim at the top. (You can see the products if you Google Antstore. They are German.) I paint the underside of the rim with Fluon Oil (Antstore again) which is near invisible and very long lasting. and so they can't escape. So far!!!

I don't heat the feeding chamber. No worries with questions.. I had a thousand questions in sorting out my set up. I've still got a thousand more.

[Shamual]

This looks fantastic mate. The Budweiser cap completes the entire setup.

Quick question where did you get the aquarium light, I only ask because I have the exact same tank.
(Antstore love)

Thanks

Jack

[RichardP]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013 ... ge_o04_s00
This is the light unit.

[Shamual]

Oh that's nice, and not too expensive. Thanks for the link!

[RichardP]

The first nest chamber is now full as far as I can tell.

[Acromyrmexbob]

That looks fantastic, Richard. Must be one of the best looking fungus gardens I've seen. You have a real talent for it. Really great to have so many good going colonies among the members for new people to look at and see whats possible. And the things you are doing with yours are working well, that knowledge joins into all of the other stuff and moves the husbandry forwards. Over this forum there is building a really specialized database of techniques and ideas. This colony is a great example of why this forum exists and how successful colonies can inspire others to try.