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Dr.House: (30. Nov 2007 18:39)

Let me guess ... you never participated in a student party with lot's of fun and alcohol ... throwing each other in the swimming pool ... :-)

SteveUK28: (30. Nov 2007 18:43)

Miszt... are these a good ant for beginers ? im kinda thinking not lol

miszt: (30. Nov 2007 18:43)

lol!

i'll make sure my local offlicence knows that none of my ants are old enough to buy alkyhol!

Purifier: (30. Nov 2007 19:01)

Polyrhachis dives is relative easy to keep for exotic one. But keep in mind that you have to watch humidity and temperature much more than from European ants....

miszt: (30. Nov 2007 19:07)

yeah for sure, i've kept lots of tropical vivariums in the past, np :-) another reason i used the island is to keep the humidity up

Ashton McStansfieldio: (30. Nov 2007 21:15)

Best of luck with this species Miszt, They sound very interesting and I bet they`d look great in your tree setup once you get moved:) Is great to have a new species to read about on the forums too

kashmir79: (1. Dez 2007 18:01)

i have been considering to buy these soon, are they easy to keep ?

miszt: (1. Dez 2007 18:04)

if you can provide them with a large tropical space, then yes :)

at the moment, I am using an Aquarium heater in the water, to keep the water at a steady 26C, this keeps the humidity up to 70-80% and the Air temp at around 24-25, which is fine :) Aquarium heaters are fairly good value for this sort of thing, I am using a 50w version that cost me just 17£

mpir: (2. Dez 2007 08:02)

From the photo of your setup I'd say that the water is not circulating and not going through any filter or something. How do you deal with algae? I think that very soon ants will be walking over them. :wink: Do you clean the water regularly or change it?

miszt: (2. Dez 2007 12:37)

I have a Fuval105 filtering the water, however they have made a HUGE amount of mess lol so i dont think its going to work really, they have dug lots of chambers in the soil, which I wasnt expecting at all, so i'm having a rethink, before the water turns into mud and blocks the filter up lol


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