Ok here are the pictures!
I hope that some of this brood will become majors!
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Derpy’s Camponotus Laevigatus Journal Updated 5/11/18
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Posted May 11 2018 - 3:45 PM
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Very nice Derpy. It came with a nestmate, right? Make sure that is attached with water so they have access to drinking water.
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Posted May 11 2018 - 3:50 PM
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Yeah, it came with a nest mate. The only thing is I accidentally dropped the plug into the mini hearth, as you can see in the photo. Also sometimes when I fill it up, it floods after a couple minutes. I’m not sure why?
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Posted May 11 2018 - 4:03 PM
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Yeah, the flooding is normal. The Type II and III is great. It "breathes" well. It also absorbs water, which is my theory on why so many species do well in them. A lot of formicarium these days are nice and pretty but are made of acrylic/3d printed abs/epoxy that doesn't simulate the natural environment. I've never asked him what material it is, so have no idea what it is made of. It feels like a form of hydrostone or fired pottery?
And yeah haha, saw the plug. Take it out and setup the nestmate as a water feeder. It's an ingenious idea. Here's tutorial:
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I always setup nestmates with water in them:
Edited by nurbs, May 11 2018 - 4:25 PM.
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Posted May 12 2018 - 10:12 AM
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Wow those mini hearths are a lot bigger than I thought. Great pictures!! Definitely going to get one of these for camponotus now.
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Thanks for the info on the mini hearth. Impressive 🐜 rack!! How much time do you spend on caring for them a week?
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update?
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Amazing journal! i hope mine get as big as this colony some day 
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I have a C. chromaiodes colony in on with almost 300 workers and 700 brood. Mine is type one with the top chambers though.Wow those mini hearths are a lot bigger than I thought. Great pictures!! Definitely going to get one of these for camponotus now.
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Also, I love how each nest THA makes is different.
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A Pogonomyrmex subnitidus colony.
Oops wrong quote
He traded them with me, I currently have them and just took them out of hibernation.
How many workers do they have now?
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Nerrrrrrr R.I.P
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