Plastic naturalistic

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TippyDisc911
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Plastic naturalistic

Post: # 32841Post TippyDisc911
Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:29 pm

Hey I was wondering if I could use plastic for a naturalistic setup? You need photos? Here:Image
Keeping:
Formica subsericea: 10 workers
Tetramourium Immigrans: 12 workers
solenopsis molesta: 25-30 workers

"The ant's a centaur in his dragon world"-Ezra Pound

Dream species: Atta Texana

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Plastic naturalistic

Post: # 32844Post idahoantgirl
Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:32 pm

TippyDisc911 wrote:
Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:29 pm
Hey I was wondering if I could use plastic for a naturalistic setup? You need photos? Here:Image
Your talking about a nest or outworld? Also is it hard like acrylic or soft and squishy plastic?
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

TippyDisc911
Posts: 65
Joined: Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:23 am
Location: Oak Forest, Illinois, Usa

Re: Plastic naturalistic

Post: # 32849Post TippyDisc911
Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:28 pm

Both dirt/ substrate in the bottom and out world on the top! It is a little squishy but not so bad.
Keeping:
Formica subsericea: 10 workers
Tetramourium Immigrans: 12 workers
solenopsis molesta: 25-30 workers

"The ant's a centaur in his dragon world"-Ezra Pound

Dream species: Atta Texana

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idahoantgirl
Posts: 1521
Joined: Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:52 am
Location: Idaho, USA

Re: Plastic naturalistic

Post: # 32853Post idahoantgirl
Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:54 pm

TippyDisc911 wrote:
Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:28 pm
Both dirt/ substrate in the bottom and out world on the top! It is a little squishy but not so bad.
Yeah it should work.
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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