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I was wondering.. I am planning on buying Formica Fusca.
I know they don't really need extra light. But they gonna be in my bedroom and my bedroom is almost always dark.
So i was wandering if i can put a extra light in the Basin?
But if I can wich is the best .... a light that doesn't produce alot of heat??
Yeah i would assume you can use a standard side lamp, and use a modified day bulb, you can pick them up cheaply, though others might say it is ok to use a normal bulb, this i am un sure of, i know my tarantulars do not like the kind of light omitted from a normal bulb, however though, could you position your ants nearer to the window, how ever small it might be?
But they gonna be in my bedroom and my bedroom is almost always dark.
or are you some kind of vampiric being :twisted: that does not let the day light in..!! :lol:
if you dont want to heat the ants anymore, then u shuld go for an LED lamp :) much lower power consumption, but just as bright
well i get up early go 2 work and most of the time i get back it is already dark and most of the time i'm not in my room so...
but yeah i was also thinking of a maybe say 15 watt light bulb...
should i place it outside the basin or in the basin the basin dimensions are 35cmx25x25
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yeah but a LED is not really like natural daylight
Deffo out side the basin, i would say, try one of those studant lamps the kind with a movable arm, so you can direct the light in, and a 15 watt bulb will be sufficient,
yeah but a LED is not really like natural daylight
depends what type you get, normal light bulbs are not like natrual light either, u need a full spectrum white LED, and you will have a close enough match
Ants aren't plants, they don't need any particular kind of light. Many of them (all queens, all workers of underground species, some castes of others) spend their whole life in darkness. Light is more for human, than for ants. Most ants of course use their eyes, but they do not need any special kind of radiation. Anything will be ok, only mind that the nest should not be in very bright light.
If i may suggest something, if i was you i would use something like this;
http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php/info/p1040_Daylight-Blue---bulb-15-W.html
It is true that most ants live underneath the ground but i to prefer to give them a bit of light during day. Try to make it like there natural environment. ;) Mine are in a room where there is enough daylight during day so i don't use it but if they where in a dark room i also would use a lamp. ;)
Just get a smple uv light set up hooked up to a timer, simple! I'm sure they would appreciate more of a natural source of sun light and a uv bulb is the next best thing! A normal bulb would be to artifical, they would feel like their being interigated!! :wink:
lol u know how ants all feel do y ou ??? the only thing we can do is assume how they fill.....but i agree yes uv bulb may just be better 4 them ....:grin: but ants are already being kept sortta artifica l ly....
sorry if i come across rude lol :P