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[AntsCali098]

I currently have a acromyrmex versicolor queen and am worried about keeping the fungus cool in the summer, as I know it shouldn't get much more than 80 degrees. I live in a place that can regularly get to the upper 80s in the summer, and I would like to avoid keeping air conditioning on at all times.

Any strategies to keep the fungus cool in the summer?

[Full_Frontal_Yeti]

If you don't have room/home wide climate control, try to enclose a smaller space around the ants enclosure that you could control the temps of. A box around the box, and in the larger box you can figure out some form of temperature regulation like a swamp cooler or something smaller scale that can keep the immediate space around the ant's fungus room from getting up over 80.

There is at least one post i found around here with such a setup boxing in a leaf cutter setup to better regulate the temperature in the immediate space around them. Sorry i don't have a link right off but the journals section has a lot of good setups to check out for ideas.

 

Though anything enclosed like that would still need some venting to prevent condensation/moisture build up, especially if the cooling method is an evaporator(swamp cooler).

 

For both heating and cooling i notice it is common for people to give up a closet to the ants or maybe section of a room corner that can be better climate controlled if they have the space to spare.

Edited by Full_Frontal_Yeti, January 16 2023 - 8:51 AM.