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Weird brown goop in my formicarium

Started By AntsBrazil , Mar 23 2017 2:55 PM

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#1 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted March 23 2017 - 2:55 PM

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Hello, I would like to know if someone knows what this brown goop is, it's there for quite some time, seems to be harmless to the ants. That chamber where the goop is, is where the ants were keeping their trash, maybe it's something left from what were decomposing the dead bodies.

OBS: This is the Pachycondyla striata nest.

Edited by JPSMedeiros, March 23 2017 - 2:55 PM.

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Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

#2 Offline AntLoverAdam - Posted March 23 2017 - 4:10 PM

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I think that may be from the trash or the food you fed them.

#3 Offline LC3 - Posted March 23 2017 - 4:11 PM

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Looks like a biofilm.

#4 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted March 23 2017 - 4:32 PM

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A friend that also have Pachycondyla said that their poop is liquid, and it's probably it. Thanks for the answers.

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Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

#5 Offline Works4TheGood - Posted March 25 2017 - 6:45 PM

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My guess would be bacteria feeding on waste products from the ants. Looks smelly. Do they have an alternate setup as a backup? Are you having condensation problems? Perhaps you have too much humidity and the formicarium is in a location where the temperature is unstable, causing condensation?

~Dan