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Hi. I'm quite new to any keeping and captured my queen last year in July and since then I have two workers and a whole pile of brood. I also bought the hybrid nest small for my ants to move into once they have 10+ workers.
So my question is: Do you recommend me to put substrate into my hybrid nest or not?
Thank you.

pko9157 wrote:Hi. I'm quite new to any keeping and captured my queen last year in July and since then I have two workers and a whole pile of brood. I also bought the hybrid nest small for my ants to move into once they have 10+ workers.
So my question is: Do you recommend me to put substrate into my hybrid nest or not?
Thank you.

Are you talking in the water tray or inside the nest?

I'm talking about inside the nest . Any advice will be great. Thank you mad vampy.

What species do you have?

It really depends on the species, I know with my solenopsis I basicly filled the bottom 1/4 with fine play sand for them to moved around (they block the entrances with it) and it also helps with the humidity of the nest.

Mine is a Formica fusca.

It isn't a requirement, but I would add some sand and/or very small wood chips/bark. It allows the ants to do a little design work on the nest for themselves. They will block off areas, plug air holes, minimize entrance size, etc.

Thank you ooper 01 and thanks for the advice !