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Rakeil
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Location: Gold Coast, Australia

Test tube storage

Post: # 66074Post Rakeil
Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:43 pm

Hey all, new to ant keeping

Horizontal test tube storage question

Would a block of wood with holes just big enough (depth and width) for the test tubes with a 5-10mm Allowance for the end of the tube for ease of retrieval be suitable as a storage solution?

I figure it would help with keeping the girls warm and dark or would it make them too warm as the wood would act as an insulator.

Thanks for any feedback

AusAnts
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Joined: Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:09 am
Location: Darwin,Australia

Re: Test tube storage

Post: # 66076Post AusAnts
Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:58 pm

Rakeil wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:43 pm
Hey all, new to ant keeping

Horizontal test tube storage question

Would a block of wood with holes just big enough (depth and width) for the test tubes with a 5-10mm Allowance for the end of the tube for ease of retrieval be suitable as a storage solution?

I figure it would help with keeping the girls warm and dark or would it make them too warm as the wood would act as an insulator.

Thanks for any feedback
as long as the queen can breathe It should be fine. Not sure if it would get too warm tho.
2 x iridomyrmex sp Queen:15+ workers
2 x iridomyrmex pallidus: 40+ workers
1 x pheidole megacephala:2 queen 300 workers.
1 x opisthopsis Queen: 14 workers

Rakeil
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Location: Gold Coast, Australia

Re: Test tube storage

Post: # 66078Post Rakeil
Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:23 pm

Gold Coast Australia based too, if that makes a difference

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