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I think it depends on your plans for the colony. Providing them more space should result in a surge in population; if this is your goal then I would also caution not moving them until they are at or close to capacity of their current setup. Theres certainly benefits to giving your setup a refresher,...

So I have a large colony of monomorium min. (10k-20k) housed in a 10gallon open top aquarium setup, and lately I've been noticing some fungi growing both above and more curiously, below the soil. I just want to make sure that this does not pose a serious threat to the ants. Some background: I moved ...

I live in New York and have a big colony on Monomorium Min ants (2-3k workers) and I've been gearing them up for winter. I've been keeping them in a mini fridge on the lowest temp for the past few weeks; started by just putting them in at night but now am getting them used to a few days at a time. T...

Im currently keeping my ants in a AC tower with a connected AC outworld. In both the tower and the outworld, I have a test tubes that provide them drinking water. One is strictly purified water, and the other is sugar water. I recently re-did their outworld and added new, more bioactive soil to the ...

I currently have a very successful colony of Monomorium Min. with only a single queen. I've read online that in captivity the queens typically only last a year, which I'm hoping thats wrong because I've had her for over a year now. Anyway, I know that species can have multiple queens, and I was wond...