Cheap alternatives to tubing.

[Zaxoosh]

Hello, fellow ant keepers,
I was wondering if there was any cheaper alternative to an ant tubing or is it just best to invest the money into the AC Tubing. Also, what are you supposed to cut the tubing with?

[Vincex]

There's plenty of cheap tubing on wish or geek or any Chinese sites but you LL haft to wait month plus for it!

[Zaxoosh]

Thanks, but I'm looking for a tubing alternative!

[NoviceAntKeeper]

Not sure. Maybe straws? Honestly, AC tubing is already pretty cheap. I sometimes use straws.

[QJH2023]

Hello, fellow ant keepers,
I was wondering if there was any cheaper alternative to an ant tubing or is it just best to invest the money into the AC Tubing. Also, what are you supposed to cut the tubing with?

just go to fleet farm and buy milk tubing inner dimensions 3/8s

[BlueLance]

Most small DIY shops also sell it and its only about £1-2 for a metre of it.

As for alternatives, like the others said, straws if it is short but I wouldn't expect that to work out well if you need to connect multiple straws.

Old Hosing would work as well, only down side is you obviously wont see whats going on inside, including if something went wrong.

Otherwise everything else I could think of would just cost a lot more than tubing.

[NoviceAntKeeper]

Yeah. I only use straws for short connections, and I use some tubing for longer ones.