Camponotus sansabeanus nest set up

[loveants1341]

https://imgur.com/a/B4gbOgR

that queen is a Camponotus sansabeanus is this a good set up ? a 5 watt heating pad is on the very fare side and the queen is in the back with her eggs she has 4 workers i put springtails in and they stopped moving i think they might be dead from the heat but i know that Camponotus sansabeanus ants love the heat so i know i need that right ? is the heating pad in the right place for this nest also is this a good starter nest ? (they was moved from the test tube as the workers pooped in the water i didint want it to mold)

[antperson24]

https://imgur.com/a/B4gbOgR

that queen is a Camponotus sansabeanus is this a good set up ? a 5 watt heating pad is on the very fare side and the queen is in the back with her eggs she has 4 workers i put springtails in and they stopped moving i think they might be dead from the heat but i know that Camponotus sansabeanus ants love the heat so i know i need that right ? is the heating pad in the right place for this nest also is this a good starter nest ? (they was moved from the test tube as the workers pooped in the water i didint want it to mold)

I think you should put the heating pad on the nest side, but everything else seems good!

[loveants1341]

https://imgur.com/a/B4gbOgR

that queen is a Camponotus sansabeanus is this a good set up ? a 5 watt heating pad is on the very fare side and the queen is in the back with her eggs she has 4 workers i put springtails in and they stopped moving i think they might be dead from the heat but i know that Camponotus sansabeanus ants love the heat so i know i need that right ? is the heating pad in the right place for this nest also is this a good starter nest ? (they was moved from the test tube as the workers pooped in the water i didint want it to mold)

I think you should put the heating pad on the nest side, but everything else seems good!

i was told not to do that by a gan farmer ? but im not sure he is so flaky also he called my ant the wrong name before and told me wrong info also

[loveants1341]

also the springtaails died when i put them in there ? so how do i clean up the poop now its in the small nest area spot

[antperson24]

https://imgur.com/a/B4gbOgR

that queen is a Camponotus sansabeanus is this a good set up ? a 5 watt heating pad is on the very fare side and the queen is in the back with her eggs she has 4 workers i put springtails in and they stopped moving i think they might be dead from the heat but i know that Camponotus sansabeanus ants love the heat so i know i need that right ? is the heating pad in the right place for this nest also is this a good starter nest ? (they was moved from the test tube as the workers pooped in the water i didint want it to mold)

I think you should put the heating pad on the nest side, but everything else seems good!

i was told not to do that by a gan farmer ? but im not sure he is so flaky also he called my ant the wrong name before and told me wrong info also

Hmm, I don't know, I have always heard to put the heating pad on the nest side. I don't think you need to worry about the poop molding, but if you bought a lot of springtails you could try again.

[loveants1341]

i put in about 10 of them none of them lived it seems

[antperson24]

i put in about 10 of them none of them lived it seems

That's weird.

[loveants1341]

yeah i think its from heat but it should not be over 90 in there i know its not for 100% so im not sure why they died almost instant i was thinking that they could be in shock they will be moved by the time i look in there in the morning and they are in the same place so im not sure really

[loveants1341]

i put some honey really small amount in with the queen in the test tube she ran over and ate some this mean shes not preg or what or shes just hungry

[loveants1341]

will the queen in the test tube rip her wings off if she is pregnant? or wait tell she is about to lay some eggs then rip her wings off ? (if she is pregnant)