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[Gregory2455]

When it is turning brown or grey. What both me and Drew have found already, is that out of humidity it is very volatile, and can die in a short time, but it actually seems to recede into the substrate it is living on, in some kind of dormancy. When you put it back into moisture, it can sometimes come back to life. Also, what I hear from Drew, is that if it is kept at high enough moisture, it does not need constant caring. The reason mine died last time is that the queens put it on the dry side, and it receded, and a more dominant fungus took over and killed the good fungus.

[Alza]

why was the other fungus in there 

[Gregory2455]

It starts as a single spore. It was a species of fungus that came from the desert; in the same place I collected my queens. One of these malicious fungi I brought home are actually sprouting around places in my house. Both fungi species are shown in this picture:

The yellow fungus is what is sprouting up everywhere, while the white ones in that picture around her petiole and gaster is like the one that killed my previous fungus.

[Alza]

stop taking other peoples pictures...

[Gregory2455]

Who said it is not allowed, it leads back to Drew's album either way. The pictures make great examples.

[Alza]

nobody said it wasnt allowed, I'm just telling you to stop taking peoples pictures 

[Gregory2455]

There is no reason to stop. They are not my pictures and that is clear enough, now stop derailing threads.

[Alza]

i didn't derail it, you responded to my request which started it. Btw what will you do when the fungus gets bigger ?

[Gregory2455]

Give a piece to the other queen.

[dspdrew]

stop taking other peoples pictures...

There is nothing wrong with embedding images that are already hosted publicly on the internet. Quit trying to start fights.

[Alza]

now we are getting off track. update when your ready grey

Edited by Alza, October 14 2014 - 4:03 PM.

[dspdrew]

No, I'm the owner of the forum, and I'm telling you to stop. Many people here are complaining about you, so it's not hard to figure out where the problem is.

[Gregory2455]

Thanks for that Drew.

The fungus is still OK with the new queen, just a bit smaller. I got sunflower petals today! I am currently soaking them in water to clear away any possible fungicide.

[Gregory2455]

Update: 10/14/2014

The new queen seems to be caring for the fungus as well. Because the new queen was starved when I introduced the fungus, she consumed a big portion, so it is smaller now. It is still healthy though. I got sunflower petals as suggested by Drew, and I am curious if she will take them. So far, the new queen has not added any substrate to the fungus, but that is nor really an issue as long as it is nice and humid.

[Gregory2455]

Fungus Update: 10/15/14

Fungus is doing OK, the new queen still has not added any substrate to it though. However, she is tending to it frequently and leaving it at the moist side of the test tube.

[Gregory2455]

​Discontinued.

I lost track of the fungus today; it is totally gone. This is being discontinued until next year.

[dermy]

sorry to hear

[Gregory2455]

Yep, 5/6 of my queens were/are duds. The last one, I thought she was finally a queen that would nourish it, and she did for two days, then she died.

This was the good queen right here:

 

The fungus was thriving with her.

 

May she rest in peace.

[Gregory2455]

Another queen died today. One more left.

[Gregory2455]

My last queen died today, and with her, my hope of raising a colony of these extraordinarily amazing and fascinating ants this year.

Edited by Gregory2455, October 31 2014 - 4:31 PM.