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First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:37 am
by Tiankaden
  • So i have recently started ant keeping with a new pheidole queen with eggs only, so shes in a test tube. I wanted to know if pheidole sp. like a all-in-one formicarium thats desert themed so all sand, or if thy require soil or anything specific?
    All help is very much appreciated, thank you

Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:48 pm
by FaranAli
Hi i am keeper of pheidole ant.All i know about them is

1) Multiple Queen
2) Minors and Majors
3) Escape Masters
4)Easy to keep
5)Love Protiens and sugars
6) Moisture Lover

Some Advices:
1) never provide moisture in outworld
2)Never feed honey in tube,because minors can fall in and die(my 3 minors died :cry: :cry: :cry: )
3) Never let them take back Cockroach or other protien back to the nest,it could get moldy,solution to this is to feed them in this countainer by doing small holes in it,through which ants can pass but no cockroach could. Link of bottle picture: https://www.google.com.pk/search?q=small+plastic+bottle&oq=small+plastic+bottle&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.14402j0j7&client=ms-android-qmobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=zlS6jQ-6B619zM%3A

4) never throw them in nest,before 20 workers born

5) AC products are expensive,so buy a nest online from aliexpress,ebay,amazone,e.t.c

6)Dont get fall in love with them,beware they are super cute. :lol: :lol: :lol:


Watch AntsCanada videos on Pheidole ants.u are gonna love them and learn from them

And i am living in a country where 80% people are greenhorn,not even *** SPAM *** of class 10,so sorry about my grammar and somewhere my spellings too


It took 30 mins to write this post.if i didn't helped you,plz forgive me

Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:11 pm
by idahoantgirl
Personally I would say that if you can afford AC products, they're well worth the investment. Hybrids are very inexpensive considering the quality and size.

Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:18 am
by FaranAli
u only see AC products :geek: :geek: :geek: :geek: :geek: