Problem with Plaster
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Problem with Plaster
I made a plaster o Paris formicarium not to long ago and I finally perfected the water dispensing system. But since I do not have a big enough colony to put in it yet I set it aside with the glass off to dry out, but I had a problem after about three days of sitting there it grew a little mold on it. Is that just because I let it sit there? Also will that be a problem when I am putting water in it daily? Here is a picture of the formicarium the red highlight is where the water is dispensed into the formicarium. There is spotted mold in the two compartments with highlight but none in the actual water tube though.
Thanks -Perry
Re: Problem with Plaster
Yeah plaster is known to mold. You should use un-sanded grout instead. Un-sanded grout is designed not to mold. Do not know what else you can do to stop it from molding.
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Re: Problem with Plaster
Grout is out of my price range, I am working on becoming a Gan farmer so I need to be able to make farms somewhat easily any cheap so I don't have to charge ridiculously. IS there anything else you know of that I could do.AntsRule wrote:Yeah plaster is known to mold. You should use un-sanded grout instead. Un-sanded grout is designed not to mold. Do not know what else you can do to stop it from molding.
Thanks -Perry
Re: Problem with Plaster
Hydrostone and cork slabs i Have heard work You could also make a nest like two glass panels close together with dirt in between. I do not know how to make them but i have seen cool pics of those. Good luck
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Re: Problem with Plaster
For GAN you won't have to worry about nests. We sell them in there tubes when they have around 15 workers.
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Re: Problem with Plaster
We you can sell them within the test tubes? I thought we were supposed to have the colonies the colony grow to big?larynx wrote:For GAN you won't have to worry about nests. We sell them in there tubes when they have around 15 workers.
Also, isn't it hard to grow a colony for a long period of time within a test tube? Because I may not be able to sell ants quickly they could sit for a little while and wouldn't they grow to large for a test tube setup? You sound like a gan farmer, how do you grow your ants then sell them? I just had a wicked Idea I am going to draw it up and post it here once I get a sketch all drawn
Thanks -Perry
Re: Problem with Plaster
The requirement to join the GAN program is that you need to have 1 queen with 1 worker. I know if it were me I would want to buy a small colony in a test tube set up and have it grow. I would not want to start with a large colony. You can place a test tube colony in an out world with more test tubes to provide more space. Hope that helps!
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Re: Problem with Plaster
its not hard at all. i grow all of mine in test tubes and sell them that way as well. you have to remember you will only be selling ants for a few months at best, because of winter and hibernating.perryismyname wrote:We you can sell them within the test tubes? I thought we were supposed to have the colonies the colony grow to big?larynx wrote:For GAN you won't have to worry about nests. We sell them in there tubes when they have around 15 workers.
Also, isn't it hard to grow a colony for a long period of time within a test tube? Because I may not be able to sell ants quickly they could sit for a little while and wouldn't they grow to large for a test tube setup? You sound like a gan farmer, how do you grow your ants then sell them? I just had a wicked Idea I am going to draw it up and post it here once I get a sketch all drawn
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Re: Problem with Plaster
In case you would like to know, I have always thought that making something like this would be cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slse_qq2SXU
It is made out of a plastic bead organizer. somewhat similar to an omni nest. The only thing I would change is I would take the organizers lid off and hot glue/ silicone a piece of glass on instead. This would make the ants more visible as well as be a more secure way to keep the ants inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slse_qq2SXU
It is made out of a plastic bead organizer. somewhat similar to an omni nest. The only thing I would change is I would take the organizers lid off and hot glue/ silicone a piece of glass on instead. This would make the ants more visible as well as be a more secure way to keep the ants inside.
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.
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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
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