My first formicarium - Advice please
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:39 am
Hey guys and gals! Hope all is well
Well I've just made my first ant formicarium out of a fish tank and some plaster, I haven't got much money so I had to use what was around the house. I have heard plaster nests can be terrible from some people and others say they can be great so thought I would give it a go. Basically I just wanted to show you peeps and see if you think its good/bad and some general advice..
The chamber on the right not connected to anything I will use to hydrate the nest, I was thinking to stick cotton in there so the ants don't drown in there.. Not sure what species I will put in there I have to wait until they start flying in my area... The brown in there is just a bit of clay that was left over hoping they will be fine with that. The dimension are roughly 40cm x 20cm x 20 cm though maybe bigger..
Thanks and if you have any questions feel free to ask as I am sure i haven't put all the information needed
Dam the images are rather large so here is a link to them http://imgur.com/gallery/ocDIM
Well I've just made my first ant formicarium out of a fish tank and some plaster, I haven't got much money so I had to use what was around the house. I have heard plaster nests can be terrible from some people and others say they can be great so thought I would give it a go. Basically I just wanted to show you peeps and see if you think its good/bad and some general advice..
The chamber on the right not connected to anything I will use to hydrate the nest, I was thinking to stick cotton in there so the ants don't drown in there.. Not sure what species I will put in there I have to wait until they start flying in my area... The brown in there is just a bit of clay that was left over hoping they will be fine with that. The dimension are roughly 40cm x 20cm x 20 cm though maybe bigger..
Thanks and if you have any questions feel free to ask as I am sure i haven't put all the information needed
Dam the images are rather large so here is a link to them http://imgur.com/gallery/ocDIM