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[AntsCali098]

Yeah, I recently noticed that too. Doesn't seem to be spreading now but I will grab a new test tube for them. Just worried about stressing them out so much in this stage. Never seen that on those sponges it seems to be pretty rare.

[AntsCali098]

Its been a while...but these gals are doing great! Especially brood wise, the queen is in great health. She is an absolute machine. I love how calm she is as well. This colony is definitely the calmest test tube one I have, they seem to barely care during checkups.

 

I wonder if the stress of the queen is influenced by the workers. I've had queens that are super calm in founding, but once workers show up, they instantly get more jumpy when checking on them. Maybe the workers have a higher stress level than the queen, which influences her? Or maybe she is simply more protective of her workers more than her brood? No idea.

 

Anyways, they have a massive egg pile right now. Although it is hard to see in the picture, there's a whole lot. There's also a good amount of brood, so I'm hoping to be one of the first to keep a big colony of these gals. I've seen nurbs' colony but nobody else's I've seen has really gotten too far past founding...so wish me luck!

 

 

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Edited by AntsCali098, June 5 2024 - 5:21 PM.