Wildbird: Minifarm Arrived :) (15. Aug 2007 21:36)

Hi Again

Ok the antfarm has arrived :D so I'll be setting it up tomorrow I just wanted to sense check a couple of things, I was given a small bag of red sand I am assuming this goes in the bottom of the habbitat part and you push a length of pipe in to it and use it to keep adding the water to the bottom of the habbitat to keep it moist.

I am going to use a soil/sand mix in the foraging bit I should keep this dry so they won't dig it.

Lastly I am getting a queen from Miszt should I put box/container in the foraging bit or the habbitat part??

I'll keep you updated as I go :)

Thanks

paul

mpir: Re: Minifarm Arrived :) (16. Aug 2007 08:43)

Lastly I am getting a queen from Miszt should I put box/container in the foraging bit or the habbitat part??

You mean the box/container with your queen? Doesn´t really matter where you put it. Ants will find the way. :wink:
If you will receive just the queen keep her in a test tube untill colony is 10 -15 workers strong.

Good luck and do keep us updated. :wink:

Wildbird: Ceramics (16. Aug 2007 13:19)

Hi all

The stuff I got in the bag turned out to be sand, does anyone know where i can get the ceramics from in the UK and what they are called here .

Many thanks

Paul

Dr.House: (16. Aug 2007 13:31)

You mean "seramis" not "ceramics" do you?

http://www.seramisuk.co.uk/
You should find it in every garden center

miszt: (16. Aug 2007 13:39)

Clay Agregate Balls, from your local garden centre wildbird :) make sure they dont have any chemicals eg pesticides in

its Ceramics in english dr.House :)

JimmyVe: (16. Aug 2007 15:07)

It is not a must to use it at the bottom of your farm but it is always better if you do, so if you can find it, use it. ;)

Dr.House: (16. Aug 2007 15:40)

its Ceramics in english dr.House
It's a trademark, it's called the same in UK ... that's why I posted the link to their web presence in UK. Or is "ceramics" written phonetic :-) *smile*

About these little seramis/ceramics or whatever you want to use ... be careful, sometimes ants like to dig there or carry it away ^^

miszt: (16. Aug 2007 15:43)

Ceramic's are not a trademark, often used for making Pottery, Cups etc, I suspect that Seramis make products from Ceramic's :)

Dr.House: (16. Aug 2007 18:16)

D'Oh :D Sometimes I should use a dictionary instead of guessing ... ^^

miszt: (16. Aug 2007 18:35)

hehe