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gonzobey: How to fill the ant farm standard (5. Jun 2004 08:41)

For filling the ant farm standard I recommend you:
- 1x potters clay
- 2x sand
- 1x loam
- 1m flexible tube
- 1x pipette

By mixing sand and loam you get a stronger soil less sensible at vibrations to reduce the risk that chambers and channels get destroyed.

you also need:
- a little bit cotton wool

With the flexible tube you can build you a possebility how to keep the farm easely humid. Cut it a little bit less of the height of the farm (2-3cm). On both sides close the tube with a piece of cotton wool and put this composition at first into the ant farm directly at the side. Then fill the potters clay in (2-3cm are enough). After this fill in the dry-mixed the sand and loam. For filling in you can use a paper helf-folded. Put the paper into the small slit and over this the sand-loam-mix in. Over the flexible tube you can fill in some water.

With the rest of the flexible tube you can connect the farm with the test tube. Now you have to wait till the ants settle in the farm. Give them some honeywater on the inner side of the lid (of the farm) also some pieces of insects.

So that all to install the farm...

Synapse: (5. Jun 2004 10:35)

Hi,

So what do you do about humidity if you have a foraging area?

Theres only one 10mm hole on the ant farm. how do you connect the humidity tube and the antbox?

Thanks for your help!

gonzobey: (6. Jun 2004 09:08)

Hello Synapse!

You don´t need any humidity in the fouraging area. You only can put a test tube with water or something else as water reservoir in it.

The humidification-tube is not for connecting - put it on one side of the farm.

At the moment we have an old picture in the shop-system because we have some problems with the upload function. The new ant farm standard have two connecting possebilities and one massiv foot.

Greetings
Bianca

barnettgs: (9. Mai 2005 17:21)

Erm...

Wasn't it supposed to be 2x sand and 1x loam? See the link:

http://www.antstore.biz/de/shop02/product_info.php?cPath=39&products_id=28

I have already made the order for these and they are being delivered now :shock:

gonzobey: (9. Mai 2005 18:51)

Hello barnettgs,

We have changed mixed ratio because with 2:1 mixed ratio we had made better experiences. I forgot to change the info in this thread, so thank you for your notice.

Lg Bianca :wink:

barnettgs: (9. Mai 2005 22:02)

Welcome, no problem.

I'm looking forward to receiving the order. Thanks