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Killermoth
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Ant home?

Post: # 46612Post Killermoth
Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:09 am

I have been dying to get an ant colony and my parents finally said yes but the only formicarium we can get is a traditional one from the 1900s. Is this ok and do I need an outworld?

AntsDakota
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Re: Ant home?

Post: # 46838Post AntsDakota
Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:31 pm

Killermoth wrote:
Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:09 am
I have been dying to get an ant colony and my parents finally said yes but the only formicarium we can get is a traditional one from the 1900s. Is this ok and do I need an outworld?
Yes, it is fine, and it is a very good idea to get an outworld, as food lying around in the sand area can mold and harm the colony. Also, it is hard to remove old food from the sand area. (Believe me. I've tried. (when I used those antfarms, that is.))
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Ant home?

Post: # 46854Post idahoantgirl
Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:32 pm

an outworld can be as simple as a tupperware container with a hole drilled or melted into the side for tube connections.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

Killermoth
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Re: Ant home?

Post: # 47073Post Killermoth
Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:31 am

Thanks this will help a lot.

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