How would you hydrate log formicarium?
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- idahoantgirl
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How would you hydrate log formicarium?
Ok, So I would consider myself an intermediate ant keeper (I've been keeping ants for 2 years) and I'm thinking about making my hobby look prettier. I have a lasius hybrid nest housing a colony of tetramorium which I think is very beautiful in its own way, but lately I have been really drawn to the idea of a wooden formicarium, specifically a log one. I found a few designs i really like, but I have no idea how they are hydrated.
http://antclub.org/node/3171 (all in russian, but some really nice photos of the nest)
http://antclub.org/node/3171 (scroll down a bit to see the photo)
Also if anyone has ideas on how to sterilize the log or even if I need to sterilize the log.
Thnx!
Idahoantgirl
http://antclub.org/node/3171 (all in russian, but some really nice photos of the nest)
http://antclub.org/node/3171 (scroll down a bit to see the photo)
Also if anyone has ideas on how to sterilize the log or even if I need to sterilize the log.
Thnx!
Idahoantgirl
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
- idahoantgirl
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
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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
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
you can't really hydrate wood formicariums directly without them swelling.
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- idahoantgirl
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
oh... so its not possible?
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
Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
I keep my lepisiota colony in a log nest I haven't had swelling problems. Just use a very hard wood. To hydrate it just drill a 1 cm wide hole into the log then use a pipet or syringe to hydrate it.
Keeping.
lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
YouTube :
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC404jNiUH33dFnxqSZajoPg
lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
YouTube :
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC404jNiUH33dFnxqSZajoPg
- idahoantgirl
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
do you drill the hole into one of the chambers?
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
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
No, I’m the wood part NOT in the chambers otherwise the ants could escape
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pensilvanicus
Founding: Lasius Neoniger
Lasius Claviger
Formica subsericea
Camponotus Pensilvanicus
Founding: Lasius Neoniger
Lasius Claviger
Formica subsericea
- idahoantgirl
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
So the hole would be horizontally alongside the chambers but not in? Or vertically.Will230145 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:37 pmNo, I’m the wood part NOT in the chambers otherwise the ants could escape
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
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Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
You would leave a chunk of wood like a circle piece in a big chamber and drill a hole on the top of it and you can hydrate from there, you can also put a small sponge in the hole to keep moisture.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pensilvanicus
Founding: Lasius Neoniger
Lasius Claviger
Formica subsericea
Camponotus Pensilvanicus
Founding: Lasius Neoniger
Lasius Claviger
Formica subsericea
Re: How would you hydrate log formicarium?
I have the hydration hole next to one chamber. I can post a picture later of you like
Keeping.
lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
YouTube :
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC404jNiUH33dFnxqSZajoPg
lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
YouTube :
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC404jNiUH33dFnxqSZajoPg
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