Incubator

[AntsDakota]

I am going to buy an incubator originally designed for chicken eggs to heat my ants with, instead of a heating cable. This way I can see the temperature they are at, and control it. I plan to keep them at at least 85 degrees F. (29 C.) Do you think 90 degrees (32 C.) would be too hot for them?

[RickByers]

I just bought this temperature controller: https://www.amazon.ca/Inkbird-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Thermostats/dp/B07PW841PR. I plug my heating cable into it and can monitor and control temperature from my phone. I just got it set up, but it seems perfect so far. A nice thing about this setup is you can still have a temperature gradient so the ants can tell you if they find it too hot (crowding away from the heat) or too cold (crowding near it). 29-32C sounds too hot to me from what I've read, but I'm brand new to ant keeping.

[Hawkeye]

room temperature is about 20/21 degrees. At 32 you'd be wearing shorts and flipflops and probably prefer to remain in the shade... So I am guessing your ants won't care too much for the heat either, but that depends on the species of course.