HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

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HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39062Post KinmanPack777
Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:14 pm

help there is mold growing in my test tubes and need help fast please if anyone knows some ways on how to rehouse queens into another test tube without killing the egg that the queen has

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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39063Post Batspiderfish
Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:23 pm

What does it look like?
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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39078Post KinmanPack777
Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:01 pm

2 weeks ago the mold was light colored and was a small spot so i didnt worry about but now the mold is a darker and has spreaded all around the tube with huge mold spot all around and im super worried because the queen layed her eggs right next to the water supply thats getting moldy and i dont want the queen or eggs to die from mold (by the way the queen is a solonopsis species)

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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39082Post Batspiderfish
Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:00 pm

Any stringy hyphae? Or is it just discoloration?
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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39084Post KinmanPack777
Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:31 pm

It's a little bit of both

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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39091Post KinmanPack777
Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:26 pm

Does anyone have anyway to rehouse queens with eggs to another test tube

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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

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Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:39 pm

KinmanPack777 wrote:
Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:26 pm
Does anyone have anyway to rehouse queens with eggs to another test tube
Make a fresh tube
tape the new tubes opening to the old tubes opening (with pin pricks in the tape so a little air is still getting through.
Make the new tube dark and shine a light on the old one (Be sure to watch and make sure you are not cooking your queen!)
You can also set it on an incline so that the new tube is lower than the old one. This encourages them to move lower. It may take days, but the queen will move herself and her eggs into the new tube. DO NOT move them manually, EVER.
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Re: HELP mold in test tube need ways to safely rehouse queen with eggs

Post: # 39370Post antnest8
Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:12 am

i might not even shine light when the queen wants to move she will
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