Colony moved into outworld, help please!

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Idahoantguy
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Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29482Post Idahoantguy
Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:58 pm

Hello ant lovers,
So I have a colony of tetramorium sp. e (about 20 workers, I know kinda small) that I moved into their setup a couple of weeks ago. They were fine for a couple of days in their hybrid nest connected to their outworld, but then one night they just disappeared. I thought they had escaped or mysteriously died, but then I began to see some workers foraging about in the outworld. I put some food in there for them where I thought they had dug a nest, and three or so workers began working on it. I watched a worker take a little clump of food across the outworld and disappear, I think into a tunnel entrance. I have also watched either workers disappear near the same area. I have put a new test tube setup into their outworld, covered it, and put a straw through the opening, while waiting for the outworld to dry. Is there anything else I can do to get them to move out? Any help is appreciated!
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Re: Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29693Post Idahoantguy
Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:25 pm

Anyone? :shock:
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Re: Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29695Post Jadeninja9
Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:49 pm

I guess you have to just dry it out. Maybe put a reptile heat lamp over the Outworld to speed it up.
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Re: Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29709Post AntsRule
Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:54 pm

Idahoantguy wrote:
Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:25 pm
Anyone? :shock:
Whats the substrate? Is the out-world dirt? If so i don't think you will ever get them to stay out of the dirt. My formicariums are grout bottomed so they don't dig in it. I think they will always prefer ant made nests over human made nests. Don't let it dry out completely or else you may endanger the brood and ants.
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Idahoantguy
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Re: Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29739Post Idahoantguy
Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:45 pm

AntsRule wrote:
Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:54 pm
Idahoantguy wrote:
Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:25 pm
Anyone? :shock:
Whats the substrate? Is the out-world dirt? If so i don't think you will ever get them to stay out of the dirt. My formicariums are grout bottomed so they don't dig in it. I think they will always prefer ant made nests over human made nests. Don't let it dry out completely or else you may endanger the brood and ants.
Yea it is dirt, I realize my mistake now :lol: Would it be ok to kind of dig around to get them to move out? At this point I would be fine if I had to completely restart and take everything out of the outworld to replace it with a more ant proof setup.
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Re: Colony moved into outworld, help please!

Post: # 29742Post Jadeninja9
Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:06 pm

That's what you get when trying to make a natural outworld lol
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