I'm planning on catching some fungus growers like Acromyrmex and Cyphomyrmex this year and I'm wondering what types of setups I should use to house them.
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Setups for Fungus Growers like Acromyrmex or Cyphomyrex
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Froggy
, Feb 11 2021 11:10 AM
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Posted February 11 2021 - 11:10 AM
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Posted February 11 2021 - 11:24 AM
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I'm planning on catching some fungus growers like Acromyrmex and Cyphomyrmex this year and I'm wondering what types of setups I should use to house them.
you can probably pm zty guy. he's taking a bit of a break, but if you PM him, he might get it.
Ants I am keeping:
none for now, planning on being more active this year
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Posted February 11 2021 - 11:35 AM
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Petri dish style formicaria work great. I keep mine in a cup with some dirt inside that I moisten every now and then. A lot of people also use containers with a plaster/cement floor that they hydrate using either a reservoir or direct watering. Many things will work, just make sure that the humidity stays high.
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Posted February 11 2021 - 1:50 PM
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Petri dish style formicaria work great. I keep mine in a cup with some dirt inside that I moisten every now and then. A lot of people also use containers with a plaster/cement floor that they hydrate using either a reservoir or direct watering. Many things will work, just make sure that the humidity stays high.
ok, if I use the same style as the Petri dish in this video:
but use a Deli Container instead of a Petri dish, would that work?
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Posted February 11 2021 - 1:50 PM
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Here's a great video of some guy with ALOT of queens and colonies in setups that I imagine you could make yourself, the key is keeping the plaster/grout moist.
Edited by AntsUtah, February 11 2021 - 1:52 PM.
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