I had a similar experience. Althoug the fungus was healthy in my case, the qeen suddenly died after about 1 week. I ordered a new colony afterwards and it looks much better with this new colony.
Im sorry your fungus died. From my experience, the fungus looked healthy when you received it. It looks like the setup you placed it in was too wet -- the fungus is very sensitive to too much moisture early in the colony's lifespan. You shouldn't be able to see any water drops on the sides of the glass/plastic and this is my guess why it died so quickly. Plaster also makes a much better substrate than sand. Hope you get a chance to try again some day!
The fungus was already dead/near death upon arrival. Also, plaster should never be used alone for hydration! A wiser thing for him to do would be putting a layer of plaster on top of the sand to prevent them digging and nesting into the sand (which has happened to me before), and just drilling a hole into the side and hydrating the sand for the water to then evaporate into the air and humidify the nest.
@@AntsMichigan This is false information -- I have kept multiple Atta colonies on plaster alone, as well as Acromyrmex. You do need to hydrate the plaster however. This is how most people in the hobby keep the Attines, though both substrates can work in the right conditions
need more subs (not being rude, i mean dis dude needs more cause i haven't seen ant candida do a leaf cutter ant episode YET, so like das pretty cool and deserves more subs
5:15 another guy used those 'palettes' that save moisture... *Seramis* ? Those are hard and wont shift this easily when the mushroom gets bigger. Overall they can save more water. Also the mushroom will tilt from time to time since the belly will rot and be taken away by ants while the top grows.......... *shrug* 7:10 like this water can seep out of the sand and flood the mushroom. With those pallets you can make one layer and it sits on top with the moisture mostly inside/at the bottom.... There are many methods, sure, but as far as i know is direct contact with water for those rather deadly AND you should have a way to bring in moisture without lifting the lid (keeping the wet air
A video about Ants asking Putin to step down? ........... seriously?? Unless you dig him up to the neck in a nest of fireants (tropic variant) ... I feel like he wouldn't consider it.
I understand this was a devastating blow after so much invested care and attention. But your strength and resilience shines through.
No joke got an add about leafcuters and lawnmowers when I clicked this video
Wow i just found this channel and it is amazing you should have more attention
I had a similar experience. Althoug the fungus was healthy in my case, the qeen suddenly died after about 1 week. I ordered a new colony afterwards and it looks much better with this new colony.
9:55 her mama was a moth and her daddy a bumble bee
Im sorry your fungus died. From my experience, the fungus looked healthy when you received it. It looks like the setup you placed it in was too wet -- the fungus is very sensitive to too much moisture early in the colony's lifespan. You shouldn't be able to see any water drops on the sides of the glass/plastic and this is my guess why it died so quickly. Plaster also makes a much better substrate than sand. Hope you get a chance to try again some day!
That fungus was not healthy at all. It was way too dark to begin with. I think it didn’t have proper humidity for transit.
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The fungus was not healthy, healthy fungus is white
The fungus was already dead/near death upon arrival. Also, plaster should never be used alone for hydration! A wiser thing for him to do would be putting a layer of plaster on top of the sand to prevent them digging and nesting into the sand (which has happened to me before), and just drilling a hole into the side and hydrating the sand for the water to then evaporate into the air and humidify the nest.
@@AntsMichigan This is false information -- I have kept multiple Atta colonies on plaster alone, as well as Acromyrmex. You do need to hydrate the plaster however. This is how most people in the hobby keep the Attines, though both substrates can work in the right conditions
need more subs (not being rude, i mean dis dude needs more cause i haven't seen ant candida do a leaf cutter ant episode YET, so like das pretty cool and deserves more subs
5:50 hold on they send it like THIS? with the packing being able to fly around and hit the queen Oo really?
5:15 another guy used those 'palettes' that save moisture... *Seramis* ? Those are hard and wont shift this easily when the mushroom gets bigger. Overall they can save more water.
Also the mushroom will tilt from time to time since the belly will rot and be taken away by ants while the top grows.......... *shrug*
7:10 like this water can seep out of the sand and flood the mushroom. With those pallets you can make one layer and it sits on top with the moisture mostly inside/at the bottom....
There are many methods, sure, but as far as i know is direct contact with water for those rather deadly AND you should have a way to bring in moisture without lifting the lid (keeping the wet air
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you could give them atta mexicana fungus
I say feed the seller to the ants.
Я не знал что у тебя есть канал на другом языке)
You moved them too early. Also sand is not the best thing for them and it would rather be better to have plaster. Another waste of a expensive species
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Why the intro WHY I JUST WANTED TO SEE ANTS NOT SOMETHING ABOUT A WAR
Agree, just weird to assume this would help ending war… 🤦🏼♂️
Look man, I from Ukraine, I lived there.
I think on my channel I can express my position if I want to.
@@whokilledmercy1497 I replied to a previous comment about this.
@@antsterraen don’t listen to haters bro this video was a very nice look into how to make a starter leafcutter setup
Fungus, not mushroom.
You could get a done fungus from someone from an ant forum?
I couldn't
I lived in Ukraine, there nobody had no this ants
A video about Ants asking Putin to step down? ........... seriously??
Unless you dig him up to the neck in a nest of fireants (tropic variant) ... I feel like he wouldn't consider it.
I don’t like ants at all and amazon seller still sell real ants and who the hell in mind buying ants 😳😵
Many people. Its called ant keeping.
We keep them ;)
Does this make you ichy and want to scratch 😳😵
So bad((((