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Does anyone know if these ants sting? I have seen tons of these wild colonies in my area and they seem like a good species to keep. Yes they sting. And it is somewhat painful ;) I have been stung several times by these girls. As you have deduced, they are a good species to keep though. I have a fou...

I use the lowest one available (15 watts), which emits a safe heat for a formicarium. I don't know exactly what the temp is, I just know it doesn't get too hot. Now having said that, I am still careful about where I place it, especially if I want to use it with ants that I have in test tube setups. ...

I don't want to be a nuisance but my last question is will an on/off thermostat work for a heat cable because I don't know if I can afford a pulse or dim thermostat. I don't use thermostats of any sort, so I'm not sure. I just leave the heat cable on continuously and allow the ants to locate themse...

Zoo Med 15 watt heating cable
https://zoomed.com/repti-heat-cable/
Make sure you get the 15 watt. Higher wattage may fry your ants.

The new AntsCanada Ant Tower is perfect for this. It's a soil formicarium so the new queen can excavate her own claustral chamber. As workers come along, they can forage above ground in the upper section of the Ant Tower. Expanding the setup is easy with tubing as well.

how many ants can fit hybrid nest 2.0 ????? for example tetramorium ? I want to be prepared properly I have a 4 year old tetramorium colony in a Hybrid 2.0 setup. Before I expanded the nesting space to include two Hybrid nests, I would estimate that there were 2000-4000 ants living comfortably in o...

AntnoobSG wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:09 am

May I ask if AntsCanada can reduce the international shipping fee? I wanted to buy the ant tower but the shipping was $22.$35+$22= $57=

AntsCanada does not make money on shipping fees. We just pass along the actual shipping cost to the customer.

Got my ant tower small a few days ago and I absolutely love it. Is there a date that the large will be released? I’m getting it immediately. Glad you love it! :) We continue to run into snags with the development of the large Ant Tower. We fix them as they come up, but haven't been able to successf...

FrankieS95 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:04 pm

Any update on them?

Looking like this weekend.

opineault wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:40 am

Hello,

Just wondering if the Ant Tower small is still on track to be available within 2 weeks?

Thanks!

Yes it looks like we are still on track!