Help selecting a species from GAN and new setup

[asdglkjsadio]

Hi-

I'm a beginner ant keeper who has kept some small groups of workers in a tower starter kit. I have been hunting for queens for a couple of years and never had any luck. Right now, there are several species on GAN available in NJ and I'm not sure where to begin.

I'm looking for a really beginner friendly species. I'm willing to buy more gear to properly keep for a species, up to a point. I can't have a huge setup.

Camponotus chromaides (Large Orange tinted carpenter ants)
Camponotus nearticus (small black carpenter ants)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Large black carpenter ants)
Lasius americanus (Gray garden ants)
Pheidole bicarinata (red big-headed ants)
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( red harvester ants)
Solenopsis molesta (Small orange fire ants)
Tetramorium immigrants (Common black pavement ants)

[Tanks19]

Lasius and Camponotus are great beginning genuses, Camponotus are large but it takes a while to go from egg to worker and they will nest in wood. Lasius are not as big as Camponotus but they don't long to go from egg to worker they will nest in soil and are non-aggresive.