Deveant: (21. Jun 2008 10:40)

@Deveant: Did your colony survive?
died :(

JimmyVe: (22. Jun 2008 14:09)

I'm sorry to hear that Deveant, i hope you will try it again sometime. I'm sure you can make it work.

Let us know who you are,
here .
Thanks !

Gary D: (25. Jun 2008 21:21)

Im having problems with my Messors. I was up to 8 workers in the test tube. I placed them in a basin which contains the antstore white sand. A week later they are not accepting any insects, however seeds have been taken into the tube. Im am now down to 4 workers and dont know why they are dying.

I spotted a worker attempting to climb the walls of the glass basin and kept falling down and then trying to climb again and so on almost as if gone mad!..... Im worried the white sand could be a problem - it seems to stick to the ants as it is very fine grains.

Should I remove the test tube and try a different type of sand??

ashhad1: (25. Jun 2008 21:24)

I had the same problem for 1 then later another 1 of my workers of camponotus ligniperda.
As far as i know i have no clue how to stop it, but i would change the sand to something more course and not so fine (desert sand etc.)

JimmyVe: (26. Jun 2008 15:38)

You could change the sand but i doubt that is the reason why your ants are dying. Is there still water in the tube ?

Gary D: (26. Jun 2008 22:41)

Yes there is water still there. Another worker is dead today : (

KiamCameron: (26. Jun 2008 22:47)

Is there any seeds in there?

JimmyVe: (27. Jun 2008 15:05)

So you just keep feeding them, they have fresh water and the temperature is good ? How about the humidity ? They are not in direct sunlight are they ? Do you have a picture of the setup ?

ashhad1: (27. Jun 2008 17:21)

Are mites the problem by any chance? little white things which live on the ants

Deveant: (27. Jun 2008 21:17)

If I got Queen and ~10 ants. And they don't touch sliced crickets should I be worried?