Hi all,
I call this a journal, but really, it's already complete. I do not plan to post more updates after this initial post, but I will respond to questions.
I received this colony from ReignofRage in September 2022 shortly after they got nanitics. Their tube was rather dirty at the time, so I have no pictures of them then. Four months later, in December, I moved them into a 4x4 nest by cocdeshijie.
1/4/2023
2/14/2024
3/15/2023
5/9/2023
You'll notice a worker crawling under the glass in this photo- that's because the magnets started to rust. I noticed the colony refused to use the nest, aside from directly over the water tower. So, I watered the nest directly, which allowed them to make use of the entire nest.
6/18/2023
After I moved them into the new nest, the improperly mixed plaster allowed the colony to dig straight through the nest. As a result, I would have to swiftly move them into 2 smaller nests that I had laying around. These ants are very hydrophilic and also not the brightest so they ended up drowning a large portion of the colony in the water towers.
8/30/2023
New nest 2: Electric Boogaloo
The nest on the top is a Formisquarium from ArthropodAntics and the bottom is a cocdeshijie 4x4
10/17/2023
The colony appeared to have reached max size as this point. Their brood pile was not growing and their worker count had stagnated for a few weeks, so, I stopped taking pictures of this colony until just recently. To this day, the colony has not noticeably grown.
5/18/2024
First male alate!
5/21/2024
First gyne alate!
That concludes this journal, I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to ask any questions about this species or journal! 
Edited by Somethinghmm, May 21 2024 - 11:12 AM.
