Test Tube Switch
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- SamuelMamuel
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Test Tube Switch
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.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
- idahoantgirl
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- Location: Idaho, USA
Re: Test Tube Switch
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.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 9:11 pmit 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.
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
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
- SamuelMamuel
- Posts: 187
- Joined: Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:24 pm
Re: Test Tube Switch
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 9:45 pmYou 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.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 9:11 pmit 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.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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