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SerralhaPT
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- Location: Portugal
Hello
Hello all greetings from Portugal, I have just started this hobby found your videos on youtube and bought myself a formicarium with a Messor barbarus colony.
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LaSiUsNiGeR
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- Location: Delft, zuid Holland, Netherlands, Europe, earth, solar system
Re: Hello
hello welcome to ant keeping!
new to ant keeping
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg
Re: Hello
Hey 
I bought myself the same kind of ants 
but I don’t know why they didn’t want to change there near out of the tube 
... ? Have I done something wrong ? Or haven’t I done everything ? Could u give me although maybe some tips for the perfekt holding of this ants ?
Greetings Marvin
I bought myself the same kind of ants 
but I don’t know why they didn’t want to change there near out of the tube 
... ? Have I done something wrong ? Or haven’t I done everything ? Could u give me although maybe some tips for the perfekt holding of this ants ? Greetings Marvin
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LaSiUsNiGeR
- Posts: 118
- Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:59 pm
- Location: Delft, zuid Holland, Netherlands, Europe, earth, solar system
Re: Hello
"didnt want to change there near out test tube" what do you mean? nearly out of water or something else
new to ant keeping
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg
Re: Hello
My ants don’t want to change there nest they r living in the test tube and don’t want to build there nest in the sand below. My farm has a terrarium on top and a small wall down below with sand inside. And the tube is laying in the terrarium on top.
And now they r living in the tube nearly for 3 weeks now have I done something wrong ?
Greetings Marvin
they r living in the test tube and don’t want to build there nest in the sand below. My farm has a terrarium on top and a small wall down below with sand inside. And the tube is laying in the terrarium on top. And now they r living in the tube nearly for 3 weeks now
have I done something wrong ? Greetings Marvin
Re: Hello
You should use soil or wet sand because non-wet sand is very hard for them to tunnel in, the tunnels just collapse. The ants will move in when they are ready, unless they are not because of the sand.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
Re: Hello
Ahhh ok I understand this so I am going to wet the sand and then maybe they wanna come out of the tube
In my terrarium on top I have small aquarium sand I don’t know if this kind of sand will hold the water long enough
Thanks for ur answer
so I am going to wet the sand and then maybe they wanna come out of the tube In my terrarium on top I have small aquarium sand I don’t know if this kind of sand will hold the water long enough
Thanks for ur answer
Re: Hello
Make sure the sand is wet enough and you will have to make it wet every now and then so it will stay good. If they do not move in that is completely normal and you will just have to wait.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]
Re: Hello
Ok thank you for ur good advises I hope they will move out someday but I am not gonna pressure them to move
I will try to give the sand enough moisture that the ants can build in there new nest
How is it going with ur ants ?
I hope they will move out someday but I am not gonna pressure them to move I will try to give the sand enough moisture that the ants can build in there new nest
How is it going with ur ants ?
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