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You have a point there.
I don't know. That youtube video really shocked me. Eventhough they were Messors. I think I'm going to see if I can find anyone here in Amsterdam that has an ant-farm I can go visit and see for myself. I think in order to make the final decision, it's best to see it in reality. Anyone else from this forum from Amsterdam or near to Amsterdam?
The nest you saw in the video was not that big. A normal y-tong is 60-25 cm and if you use hole the y-tong you can fit many ants in it. ;) You also need a out world to feed them.
What do you think of Temnothorax nylanderi ? They are tiny and therefore probably less scary. You will only need a Labyrinth-Farm which means you could use 0.9865 m2 of your 1 m2 for other stuff ... and the Labyrinth-Farm fits easily in every fridge. Outside Temnothorax nylanderi colonies can live in an acorn because of the small number of individuals.
By the way I've never seen a thread with that many responses in such a short time, but I've a theory about that ;-)
nice, i just thought the same, and really had to laugh as i read your post....^^
but anyways, what about F. fusca ? These colonys don't become so big, up to 2000 individuals max. and these ants are also easy to keep. they are not big as C. ligniperda, but also not as small as L. niger. if you keep them in a nest separately from the arena, you can put the nest into the fridge for hibernation, wouldnt take that much space.
DaWeed
As miszt said in your other topic herculaneus are a nice ant too, in my limited experience, more shy than ligniperda, and less likely to escape. Slightly smaller but similar in appearance, they have shorter legs but have the same red mid-section. Also known as carpenter ants as they live in dead wood.
mocap.. there would be no point buying a setup for nylanderi they are too small to use it. i have a fully developed colony and they are kepyt in a very small plastic tub.. around 6" diameter and they nest in a nut shell.. n are very happy lol
how do u keep it moist?(shell i think)
@SteveUK28: You are right ... you don't need to buy a farm but if they move into the farm-nest they are better to observe. But I have never had Temnothorax nylanderi ... It was just an idea for people suffering from ant-phobia. ;-)