Calco: (26. Jul 2008 23:01)

ah so it is clay, well I will have a good look at it when it arrives and have a look down the garden centre if need be, thanks for all the help :D

gabranth: (26. Jul 2008 23:26)

np

JimmyVe: (27. Jul 2008 11:02)

Hello Calco and welcome,

Yes your setup looks fine, the little stones that come with the starter setup are just fine to use. Good luck with your setup and your ants.

miszt: (28. Jul 2008 12:58)

WTF £20 were are you getting the clay from this is what i got http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php/info/p60_Seramis-granulate-200g.html

edit: and stones don't absorb very much water and when they do they won't keep the ants moist

true, although the purpose of the aggregate at the bottom of the farm is to prevent the farm from becoming water logged and drowning the ants, I both stones and clay, either works well, if you use clay then you will be able to leave a little more time between topping up the water in the farm

Calco: (28. Jul 2008 19:46)

Anybody happen to have a pic (or link to one) of a formicarium with this setup, as I wanna make sure im getting this right with the amount of granulate stuff.
~Thanks

miszt: (28. Jul 2008 22:48)

Have you read the caresheet? its mentioned in there

heres one i made a while ago...

http://formicopedia.com/home/images/stories/picture_frame_farm.jpg

the layer of clay balls is actually even at the top, but a little soil drops into the spaces between the balls every time it is filled with water, the clay ball layer is about 3cm deep

Calco: (29. Jul 2008 19:08)

nice pic thnx :D

Calco: (30. Jul 2008 17:44)

ok my ants came in a tub with moss in it, now if i tube that up to the basin will they actually travel there, coz im gunna put a light on the tub and cover the basin, but they look pretty happy in the moss

JimmyVe: (31. Jul 2008 21:24)

You can place the tube into the farm, if they don't like the tube anymore they will move to the farm.