4mykids: Possible Farmicarium??? (31. Jul 2007 20:48)

For $7.99, a trip to IKEA and a little imagination, this could be the makings of a nice Farmicarium - I'll work on one and post it here. These are 5 crystal clear thick plastice containers with a cap on lid and holes arleady made for you.

I grabbed a couple and will experiment

Pugberto: (1. Aug 2007 18:01)

Beats the hell out of the jam jars I used to use as a kid :lol:

miszt: (1. Aug 2007 19:12)

they look nice, what are they marketed as? I've had a look around my local ikea but culdnt find them, which is not a suprise as I dont know what they are called or what section they might have been in lol

4mykids: (1. Aug 2007 20:20)

Sorry Miszt,

They are bathroom organizers - they are a lotion container, tissue box, tooth brush and hair brush holders, soap dish ect. I guess. The big one is about half the size of a shoe box - pretty nice!!!

They are thick so they won't crack easily. I didn't notice the section I found them at - I will find the name tonight when I go home - I just put the item name is Google and pulled that exact picture up -

TiGGa: (1. Aug 2007 22:42)

The set is called "KORSFJORD". Try to search for it at the Ikea website.
In my opinion, these boxes are way to small for a foraging area. You can use it as a nestbox where you can place your Ytong or plaster nest.
Some ant species are able to bite throuth the concrete and having a box around the nest minimizes the risk of an outbreak.

miszt: (1. Aug 2007 22:49)

any ant that can bite thru concrete is certainly going to be able to bite thru plastic!

Pugberto: (1. Aug 2007 23:07)

any ant that can bite thru concrete is certainly going to be able to bite thru plastic!

I doubt it, plastic is very flat and smooth making it hard for them to find weak spots.

4mykids: (2. Aug 2007 14:23)

Hi guy's,

I have about 14 side walk Queens that already have about a dozen workers. I plan to pore the plaster/perlite into the big container wait for it to dry remove the plaster once it dries and then shave my tunnels and cavities around the outside for easy veiw.

I will post this here when completed - this is perfect for this scenario -

Just trying to share some idea's here.

miszt: (2. Aug 2007 15:26)

if ur gona use Plaster, which tbh i dont recomend (have a search on here, theres a few reasons why), rather than shave the tunnels out, u could just make them out of plastacine or non-hardening clay, then the plaster will mold to it :D

Skippy: (2. Aug 2007 15:44)

I think ,this is out of theme ,but here are many beginners and this is very good think for them. So I´ll get it here ;)

Use this photos to story of making this item for feeding ants :)