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Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:55 am
by Formica123
Inside the nest humidity is 99% in the foraging area 75% Smile
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:56 am
by Formica123
My filming is Hollywood class!
Yep-they like apple leaf well. I'm glad they're finally doing well Razz
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:56 am
by Formica123
Gave them a piece of cabbage (a large piece) and today half of it is gone! I'd added it to the nest area as its a little closer and I wanted them to take as much leaf as possible.
Lots of growth over the past day.
About 3/4 the size of a golf ball now!!!
http://youtu.be/ZIfkhahLtJk
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:57 am
by Formica123
A video of a freshly cut leaf - they love their cabbage!
And look how much the fungus has grew! doing really well
http://youtu.be/jL_NNlMVr-k
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:57 am
by Formica123
Really glad they're doing so well now. They've cut some Brussel sprout leaf last night. I might be getting a small atta colony from a friend soon so I'll use the same type of setup just larger for them if I get them.
They loveeeeeee honey water, they lapped it up last night!
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:58 am
by Formica123
Okay I'll wait until I move before getting them and will probably get them from Andrew instead. It was just a one time offer from him, that's all.
But I might be getting an Acromyrmex sp. queen from Argentina soon Smile
Just checked on this colony and it's all going well. They are feeding well and the fungus is showing this with darker growth on top. Really good
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:42 pm
by Formica123
5hey are doing fantasticly
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:06 am
by Formica123
Long update:
I'm amazed how well these guys are now doing. I've seen a few eggs in the fungus and growth is about 1 and a half golf balls now. It just can't be captured with a camera! For some reason the fungus isn't growing as fast as Deansies, it's just the way my setup is. For Christmas I'm saving up to make a better setup, about 4 acrylic cubes connected with piping inside of an incubator leading to a bigger one as an outworld. It will all be heated with a heat cable. It will look like this:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showth ... t=18451665 But a smaller version. Hopefully will be buying the acrylic cubes from ant kit.
I've priced this at around £50.'
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:20 am
by Formica123
Does anybody know where I can get the acrylic piping from cheap?
I was looking at the wrong stuff when I priced this up!
Re: Formica123's Acromyrmex Octospinosus
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:33 pm
by Deansie26
Formica123 wrote:Does anybody know where I can get the acrylic piping from cheap?
I was looking at the wrong stuff when I priced this up!
I always used this company,
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Wholesale- ... 7675.l2563
Piping isn't cheap, buy more than one length if you think you may need it in the future as it saves a fortune on postage.