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Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:51 pm
by Baltimore410Keeper
So I got my all you need package in the other day .... i'm trying to figure out what the ziplock bag full of white ball looking stuff is ........
Thanks ^.^
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:53 pm
by jwatson16202
It's perlite - used as a hydration medium.
Or at least I think it is, seemed the right volume to fill the hydration chamber of the hybrid nest anyway
I didn't like it so i ditched it and used cotton instead
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:45 pm
by Baltimore410Keeper
Ohhhhh OK thanks for the reply ... Yea I too like cotton and have enough of it around
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:04 pm
by jwatson16202
I found that my Lasius niger ants preferred the cotton too
when using the perlite they ignored the mesh chambers, but when I switched to cotton within a day or so they had dumped a load of sand in one of the chambers and moved the brood in.
the cotton probably presses up against the mesh better i guess?
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:06 pm
by idahoantgirl
am i the only one who uses folded up paper towels and toilet paper as a hydration medium in my hybrid nest?
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:48 pm
by Cale3459
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:06 pm
am i the only one who uses folded up paper towels and toilet paper as a hydration medium in my hybrid nest?
Probably
actually I use the cotton because I have it readily available due to using it to plug ports or applying fluon. It's something versatile that I can use for multiple functions in ant keeping.
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:13 am
by idahoantgirl
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:48 pm
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:06 pm
am i the only one who uses folded up paper towels and toilet paper as a hydration medium in my hybrid nest?
Probably
actually I use the cotton because I have it readily available due to using it to plug ports or applying fluon. It's something versatile that I can use for multiple functions in ant keeping.
Yeah. I would use cotton except I currently only have cotton balls witch is harder to make lay flat in the hydration basin.
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:06 pm
by Cale3459
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:13 am
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:48 pm
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:06 pm
am i the only one who uses folded up paper towels and toilet paper as a hydration medium in my hybrid nest?
Probably
actually I use the cotton because I have it readily available due to using it to plug ports or applying fluon. It's something versatile that I can use for multiple functions in ant keeping.
Yeah. I would use cotton except I currently only have cotton balls witch is harder to make lay flat in the hydration basin.
I use cotton balls exclusively. I just shred them really good first.
Re: Question about "All you need package"
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:18 pm
by Baltimore410Keeper
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:06 pm
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:13 am
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:48 pm
Probably
actually I use the cotton because I have it readily available due to using it to plug ports or applying fluon. It's something versatile that I can use for multiple functions in ant keeping.
Yeah. I would use cotton except I currently only have cotton balls witch is harder to make lay flat in the hydration basin.
I use cotton balls exclusively. I just shred them really good first.
Yea definitely have a lot of cotton lol .... I just spread it up like he does ...... haven't needed to really use anything bigger then the test tube portal yet lol so we shall see once I get to that point lol