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Wedge: My DIY Formicarium (9. Mär 2008 09:53)

Hiya,

it's great to find an Ant Forum that's active, and that isn't dominated by Mods!

Thought I'd say hi and share my Formicarium design with y'all.

It's not as pretty as I had hoped - hot glue does tend to get everywhere... but having my ants in an open plan basin, completely open in my lounge is fantastic!

You should ask me about the alates though...

http://ants.org.uk/formicarium.html

http://ants.org.uk/habitat.html

Cheers

Wedge

miszt: (9. Mär 2008 11:11)

Weclome to the forum :-)

Be careful using glue, they often contain nasty chemicals, and do not wear wel with damp... I learnt this the hard way a few years ago. I'd recomend only using aquarium safe silicon

Nice work tho :-)

Somthing important you need to consider is break out prevention for alates, many weaver ants are incestous, so its very important they cant escape, mayb sum kind of net box to go over the top

Wedge: (9. Mär 2008 11:31)

Hi there, thanks for the welcome.

The hot-glue is all external, my ants don't particularly come into contact with it.

I'm not sure what incestuous means with regards to ants, and there's no where for my alates to escape to - while my ants are open to my lounge, I'm just fortunate that, for the most part, my alates prefer to stay around their habitat, and rarely fly off - don't know why, I guess I'm just lucky!

darradar: (9. Mär 2008 12:03)

YUP welcome indeed to our over freindly moderated forum.. :wink:

and may i also add "yippe" \:D/ im no longer the eldest, i can now officially pass you the gramps crown.... :grin:

i saw you websight some time ago now, and am impressed by it and all that you provide their.

Wedge: (9. Mär 2008 13:00)

Thanks for visiting,

ah, sorry, I'm not really '48' - I just seemed forced to put some 'age' down when I registered. I'm not a fan of personal info on the Net...

darradar: (9. Mär 2008 14:52)

A trustworthy, honest, freindly filled forum of folk ready and willing to help is all youl find here........... :wink:

"grabs his crown back" and is happy to keep it.....

JimmyVe: (10. Mär 2008 18:27)

Hello Wedge and welcome,

it's great to find an Ant Forum that's active, and that isn't dominated by Mods!
auch... but i'm trying to do my best. :)

Nice setup you have made. I'm glad you are willing to share it with us.

@ darradar: we don't mind that you are the oldest person ;)