ANTSTORE World of Ants

[JimmyVe]

I warned you about this steve ! The sand is to tick, they are not going to move to the y-tong as long as they can stay in the sand. You could add a new water bottle. Than you solve the problem a bit.

[SteveUK28]

the sand wasnt damp tho lol.. the water must have spilled out.. or they did like my flavus did n somehow moved the water to the sand themselves.. my flavus emptied a whole pot in one night.. god knows how they managed that... amazin little thigns ants.

[Phasmid]

Well when I want to have a fairly natural looking ground I simply mix some sand and earth with some thick plaster and pour it in. Once it is set, it can look quite natural and the ants cannot digg into it (as long as you get the sand/plaster ratio right, you will have to experiment).

[miszt]

some water bottles are not made very well, and leak water very quickly, i have a couple that loose all their water over night aswell, pain in the butt cheeks

[SteveUK28]

I thought it could have been it leakin too john... but not soo as its not done it since..

[badman]

i would just remove the water feeder

[JimmyVe]

You could do, but they probably just dig them selfs in deeper, in to the sand.

[SteveUK28]

Not a bad idea Badman.. I might have to try that.. It wouldnt worry me if they dug in deeper Jimmy.. just worries me they wont have water lol..


UPDATE:
Ok i did try that.. they didnt seem to happy... but went under the ytong block.. Then around 20 mins ago i thought id have a look n check on them.. n in amazment i see around 20-30 workers running over the lid.. down the tank and across my desk into a pack of moos lol.. BLOODY Mental... So... Moos ball now in tank.. PTFE on the tank.. and Vaseline around the eges on the bungs.. and i also noticed they have have nested up against the side of the ytong.. so i can still see them lol.. Pretty mad..