deadmeat30: new to ant keeping (26. Mär 2007 15:26)

hi all, ive always been interested in ant colonys and behaviour, and im settled in my home i want to get an ant colony. Ive een looking around the site but im unsure of the forticatum i should get, i was looking at getting the following

ANTSTORE Starter Set - acrylfarm/arena
extra1: colorful sand/loam
extra2: without booklet Grundlagen der Ameisenhaltung
extra3: without colonie Lasius niger

Fluid PTFE GP1 10ml

sponge for feeding dish square 30x30mms

Feeding dish "squarely" 30/40mm

drinking trough for ants (35ml)

sugar-honey-fluid 100ml

sand loam mixture red 200g

sand loam mixture yellow 200g

does all of this sound good to start my colony off?

any advice or tips will be greatful.

thanks, Alan

JimmyVe: (26. Mär 2007 16:38)

For starting up your first time with ants and a new colony this looks fine be me. ;)

Happy ant keeping.

Maxantfarms: (26. Mär 2007 22:50)

the starter set is really good , top tip make sure u close the lid properly !!!!!!!! the best tip u`ll ever hear!!!!!! i left a little open and one got out caught him though cus i whatched him do it lol

uta: (26. Mär 2007 23:19)

Hello deadmeat30,

welcome here in our forum :sign_welcome:

Fluid PTFE GP1 10ml it's not so good for

acrylfarm /arena
for acryl it's better to use paraffin-oil, vegatable-oil or talcum,
because clings better on acryl than PTFE!
PTFE is good for glass! :)

greetings

deadmeat30: (26. Mär 2007 23:52)

thanks for the advice so far, i did have one of those horrid gel creations, but the ants dont even dig! so i hunted around the net 2 find more info bout it all, and came across here, and saw how amazing they looked, and scanned through the forums. the ptfe stuff was added to my order, so to late now, lol. but ill give it go. has any1 got pics of the set im getting with the ants in a tunnel systems throughout?

many thanks again, Alan

JimmyVe: (27. Mär 2007 17:21)

Those gel dings are crap ! I still don't understand why they make them.
Anyhow, if you ordered the starters set 1 you can take a look of it here:
http://www.antstore.net/shop/index.php/cPath/58/category/starter-sets.
(if that is what you mean)

Good luck. ;)

deadmeat30: (27. Mär 2007 17:59)

thanks for the reply jimmy, yeah i freed the ants from that gel thing, werent even eating it, but i washed the container out and gonna use it as an add on for the new starter set i ordered, just drill a hole in the side.

yeah ive seen the pictures there, i was more after people who had brought the starter set and set it all up, just interested.

hoping to have my order next week, so then ill get my ants all done. i think i understand this thing with the tube going all the way down to the bottom. i ordered some Seramis granulate too. will this be fine for the very bottom of my set up?

once i have it all ready ill get pictures of all.

Alan

JimmyVe: (27. Mär 2007 18:03)

I think the Seramis granulate will do just fine.

Ooh okay now i understand, sorry i can't help you with that, i don't have a starters set. Otherwise i will be glad to show it to you.

Greetings

deadmeat30: (27. Mär 2007 18:11)

alot of ppl say they use clay, what kind of clay is that?

i think ive seen a few of ur foracariums in the gallery, look very impressive!

Alan

JimmyVe: (27. Mär 2007 20:47)

That true ;), but I'm still looking for the 'perfect' farm. (http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=5010)

I think here you can find the clay, sand or loam you are looking for
http://www.antstore.net/shop/index.php/cPath/42/category/ground

Greetings

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