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It is made to observe ants, but only a few of them (like 10) workers only, they could survive a few weeks in it and that is it. It is to small to hold a colony and the cell is not good for the ants, i mean not good enough to raise o colony with.
So if you think about it its pretty crewel, putting some ants without reason in such a farm. They have nothing to do so they just dig a bit and than sit there until they die...
Workers have only one purpose in life, to look after the colony.
I think that says it all as far as wether Gel Farms are good or not :)
They are digging to despratly try and find their queen, not because they find it fun, but because theres no other way out for them.
A bit like when prisoners try to dig a hole to get out of prison. Except the ants arent criminals.
i h8 gell farms bad for ants very expensive also the ants are miserrible in them i herd some speices cant even dig in them!
I agree, i have seen the outcome of antworks first hand...the ants dig for a bit and then it seems like they realise they cant do no more and they just sit there.
I would not say no to a pettion to ban ant works and all gel farms!!
Plus after seeing how great and healthy my colony is at the moment in a normal set up i would never dream of getting antworks let alone putting a queen in one!
Plus where is the fun in antworks?!?!? What i mean is in my set up i have grown my own grass/small flowers, i have greek ruins in there, tubing for them to reach other sections, its intresting for the owner and the ants! Plus where is the fun in letting them eat just blue gel! I love trying diffrent food with them, fruits, insects, honey, jelly etc!!
So if you are looking to bye antworks.....DONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got antworks for christmas but I will not put no ants in there atleast yet I will take out all the gel and have sand in there and connect it up with something soon ;)
Ok so the bad news is I had just ordered an antworks farm and a Lassius niger queen before reading this thread. I had read some fairly positive recommendations elsewhere but i take full responsibility for obviously not doing my home work. It sounds like there will be no rush to rehome them from the test tube but is the antworks farm a total loss? If I remove the gel and fill it with sand/loam would it function as an adequate starter farm, with an expansion fitted at some point in the future? Is a foraging basin an absolute requirement straight away or could I feed at the top of the farm for now, untill next year that is. I'm assuming I will need to drill some holes to connect tubing to the antworks but will this really be worth the effort? I'm reluctant to write it off entirely as a loss but I'm damned if I will sell on such a clearly inadequate product. Finally what is the best way to make your own sand/loam mix at the garden centre (I'll sterilise it in the oven before use). Sorry for the stream of questions.
the only problem if you feed from the top is that food will rot in there, I don't think those farms are wide enough to insert any kind of container so food/honey would have to go straight onto the sand, which will get dirty and rot very quickly. I would keep your queen in a small container e.g. tupperware until your farm is set up properly.
Kurgan, if i was you id either A, Send it back.. or B, Sell it on ebay... or here in the auction. Its completly usless if you ask me and your much better doing what badman said for now.. i keep all my ants in there test tube in a tub untill they have well over 50 workers.
Hello Kurgan and welcome to the forum.
Well there is nothing lost for now, except the money you spend and the antworks. ;) There are fine to use if you like to study ants for a few days. And you only keep workers in there.
They are not meant to keep colonies in.
Just keep them in the tube (with a small out world) until you have a good farm for them.
Ok thanks for the advice guys - I'm going to send it back under the distance selling rules, which seems fairer to me than selling it on to another sucker on ebay. I will keep you informed about my set up but for now i'll just put the tube in a small tub - how escape proof is a tupperware container really?
Edit:
What would the consensus be about this product:
http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php/info/p361_ANTSTORE-Starter-Set---mini-farm-arena.html
Smallish but much easier to expand when required.