Test Tube Switch

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SamuelMamuel
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Test Tube Switch

Post: # 21750Post SamuelMamuel
Thu May 25, 2017 9:11 pm

it hasn't happened yet, but I want to be prepared. What do I do if one of my Test Tube setups gets moldy? Especially if she has eggs.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.

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Re: Test Tube Switch

Post: # 21751Post idahoantgirl
Thu May 25, 2017 9:45 pm

SamuelMamuel wrote:
Thu May 25, 2017 9:11 pm
it hasn't happened yet, but I want to be prepared. What do I do if one of my Test Tube setups gets moldy? Especially if she has eggs.
You have a couple options. either, take another test tube, tape it to the other (with a few pin holes for breathability). Shine a light on the old tube and cover the new tube. It may take a couple days for them to want to move. a better option is to leave the cotton that is plugging the tube on, and wiggle a piece of a drinking straw in between the cotton and the side of the tube. this straw connects to another tube the same way. This way she can actually feel like she is moving into a new chamber instead of just enlarging it.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

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Re: Test Tube Switch

Post: # 21758Post SamuelMamuel
Thu May 25, 2017 10:36 pm

idahoantgirl wrote:
Thu May 25, 2017 9:45 pm
SamuelMamuel wrote:
Thu May 25, 2017 9:11 pm
it hasn't happened yet, but I want to be prepared. What do I do if one of my Test Tube setups gets moldy? Especially if she has eggs.
You have a couple options. either, take another test tube, tape it to the other (with a few pin holes for breathability). Shine a light on the old tube and cover the new tube. It may take a couple days for them to want to move. a better option is to leave the cotton that is plugging the tube on, and wiggle a piece of a drinking straw in between the cotton and the side of the tube. this straw connects to another tube the same way. This way she can actually feel like she is moving into a new chamber instead of just enlarging it.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.

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