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I buy the critter containers at pet stores they have 3 sizes, I have a cnc router so I make tops for them out off acrylic, it's 2 pcs the top that I glue to the critter box and a lid, I found a synthetic mesh that I just lay across tth top then close the lid over it I use magnets to keep it secure, ...

half a cotton ball is all I use for water tube

Hello all, my cork head queen and 8 nanaitics, eggs, larva are in the test tube, I attached an AC portal to make feeding easier, I also attached another water tube, their tube has run dry, but they wont move out to the other tube with water in it, they all seem fine, are eating fine, should I worry ...

Just as an fyi, Ghost ants are to small for an AC portal, as I found out the hard way this morning, even harder, catching the escapees :o however I managed to get all but a few. So connected to a mini formicarium, they all moved in within an hour, probably 30 to 40 workers and the family, now to get...

Hello everyone, I am new to ants, and quickly becoming addicted :shock: I have 4 AC formicariums, 6 mini AC formicariums, and 6 AC test tube portals, I make my own out worlds. My biggest issue has been patience. I have 3 pyramid queens, 1 camponotus, 1 trap jaw, 1 Big headed, 1 cork head, and 1 ghos...

I had my trap jaw queen in a container with an open top, test tube buried in sand, went away for the weekend and come back to black crazy ants swarmed in the container, trap jaw queen dead. :( So I followed the tracks and found their queen and today Im going to capture her and the brood, they are ne...

Hello all! Just getting into ant keeping, and seeing as I don't watch tv, ever, This is a great form of entertainment as well as a form of meditation for me. I have 3 pyramid queens, and a trap jaw so far...

Hello, I recently acquired my first queens, 3 pyramid and 1 Trap jaw, the trap jaw is in a container with the test tube buried in sand with just a little of the top exposed so I can peek in, and covered with black paper to keep it dark, she seems to be doing well, I have placed cut up super worms in...