Hydration

[KristijanVelja]

Hello, I was wondering what you guys have been putting in the hydration system to soak up the water, I tried putting paper towels and cloth but unfortunately that got moldy very fast.

[bugging3out]

You put the ants in a test tube which contains water and 2 cotton balls. Here are the directions.

Step 1: fill your test tube halfway with water.
Step 2: push a cotton ball into the test tube fast so there is no water bubbles and the cotton is moist but not wet.
Step 3: put your ants inside.
Step 4: get another cotton ball and plug up the test tube. Don’t push the cotton ball to far. Change the test tube every month.

Good luck, Bugging3out

[AM1C39]

I think he is asking about the hydration chamber on the AntsCanada horizontal nest, for that just fill it up with cotton or some kind of soil like coco fiber.

[bugging3out]

Oh I use cotton balls and coco fiber.

[KristijanVelja]

Oh yes coco fiber is a good idea, I'll try that! Thanks for the reply.