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What i do for my lasiuus niger is spray the soil evenly once every day. I dont think it will be delivered on sunday. Yes, putting them in the shed is good, but not straight away as the climate change is too much. Put them in a room at about 10-15 degrres for a week then in the shed, where it should be around 5 degrees
Well my girlfriends bedroom is in the loft and its generally pretty coldish in there. so leave them in there for a week then move into the shed.
And ill just put them in the basin. No soil?
So spray the basin and the farm? just a few sprays?
Thanks, im pretty much set to get them now lol.
Ill proberly order some food off here at some date. But at first they are going to have to live off honey-water and ham lol. maybe get a few rocks and crap and find an artificial plant.
So what do you feed yours with? and how oftern?
if there is no soil in the basin, then you dont need to spray it, as it will not be absorbed by anything.
all sounds good :]
About the food, you can try out some stuff. Normally they like bugs and honey. but i think there are plenty of topics about feeding your ants. Maybe you can look at them to learn more about it.
Greets
Well i wont put any soil in the basin at first because the ants will be at my girlfriends house for the first two weeks. So when i move it to my house i dont want to disturb everything.
Then it will go straight into my shed untill March time.
On the other threads ive read it says that the food and water that comes in the test tube should last untill the end of hibernation. Is that right?
Oh somthing ive been meaning to ask. Does the basin have a lid on it? or how will i stop them getting out? is the same true for the farm itself?
Im looking at ordering a few more bits and bobs off the site when my ants get here. Any suggestions on what i should buy?
Im going to get some plastic plants, and a plastic rock thing with water basin in it. tho i dont want them to nest under the plastic rock so ill cover it up somehow or bury the entrance.
I was going to get some food too. Proberly the dired crickets and flies, only probelem is where to store them? will they start to rot? and do they need to be kept in a fridge or somthing?
what is that little bottle of stuff that comes with the starter kit? is it honey? and if not would it be a good idea to buy some off here or just pick some up from a shop?.
Sorry to ask so many questions lol. This is turning into quite a newbie guide tho.
Yes, the pit is honey, it will last your colony a long time. You can store food in the fridge, and i beleive it will las around 6 months but im not 100% sure.
I think that basin does not come with a lid. Yes, ants will escape from it if you don't do something to prevent it.
The little bottle you are talking about is probably PTFE. It is a teflon liquid that you apply around the edge of the basin and it prevents ants from escaping. If they want to climb over it, they fall back in. In some other topics it has been discused how to apply it corectly.
by basin i do mean the feeding arena that comes with the starter kit. But if that dosnt have a lid to it i saw on here about using cooking oil?
So if i put cooking oil or PTFE around the top will i need to re-apply oftern?
Or could i just put come netting or somthing over the top?
With the food going in the fridge that would be a problem, as i dont think my mother would be too pleased about having a tub of dead flies in her fridge lol. But as its dried out do they definatly need to be in the fridge?
I might have to get a mini fridge for my room or somthing.
one last question (hopefully lol)
Im wondering about keeping the soil in the farm istelf damp?
Sced said to spray it once a day. But i also read about putting a tube down to the bottom of the farm, then putting clay on top and then the sand/loam. And then put water in the tube so it soaks in.
Which is the better way to do it? and does the larger starter kit come with a extra tube and clay?