Need help moving ants to new test tube
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Need help moving ants to new test tube
Hi, I have a baby colony of Camponotus Hyatti in a test tube set up (one queen, four workers, and a bunch of eggs). I recently found mold on the cotton closest near the water and created a new test tube to move them into so they don't die. I connected the two tubes with some cotton and tape as a makeshift pathway and left a flashlight on their current tube and the other tube I left covered in darkness. I left them like that overnight and ten hours later they still haven't moved from the old test tube! They seem unaffected, any ideas as to why this is or how I can better move them would be appreciated.
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Re: Need help moving ants to new test tube
Can anyone help out the homeboy?
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Re: Need help moving ants to new test tube
But how would you feed them if they are connected together?
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Re: Need help moving ants to new test tube
They probably like the heat, and/or don't care about the mold, so they don't need to move. Most mold is harmless or can be with the ants for a while before becoming harmful.BlastRiot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:01 pmHi, I have a baby colony of Camponotus Hyatti in a test tube set up (one queen, four workers, and a bunch of eggs). I recently found mold on the cotton closest near the water and created a new test tube to move them into so they don't die. I connected the two tubes with some cotton and tape as a makeshift pathway and left a flashlight on their current tube and the other tube I left covered in darkness. I left them like that overnight and ten hours later they still haven't moved from the old test tube! They seem unaffected, any ideas as to why this is or how I can better move them would be appreciated.
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Re: Need help moving ants to new test tube
But this is how much mold he has. He and I are friends btw.
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Re: Need help moving ants to new test tube
That's nothing. No need to worry at all. Even if the entire cotton is black as long as the ants don't actively avoid it's fine.
You can put the tube into a small container (I'd recommend that anyway, makes feeding much easier) and put a fresh test tube into that, so that if they see the need they can move on their own.
You can put the tube into a small container (I'd recommend that anyway, makes feeding much easier) and put a fresh test tube into that, so that if they see the need they can move on their own.
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