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[Purifier]

Thats very cool by my Diacamma colony. They are fantastic predators. I love it to wtach em hunting.
What ants du you have Steve?

[SteveUK28]

Atm ive just got Lasius niger and Lasius flavus. i would love to get some weaver ants next yr tho

[tail__]

My L. niger colony started hunting at size of 7 workers. I have moss in my formicarium and a lot of very small critters live there. Most of them are smaller than worker's head, so they aren't any serious meal, I think ants hunt them for fun

There are some alternatives of insects:
- raw meat, especially things like liver etc. Most ants sometimes eat vertebrates meat when they meet any carrion. Very small pieces of dog or cat food can be quite good protein source.
- egg yolk mixed with honey - very good universal meal.
- dried blood (used for fishing, so you can buy it in fishing shops), melted in water. Beware, however, it STINKS. Fresh blood is also good if you have some to spare.

I use all of the above, AND also insects - this is most natural. But most ants are very versatile and can eat many things. So their food should be a bit diversed, I wouldn't like to eat only one species of insects every time if I were the ant.

[ratgreen]

has anyone heard of spirulina? its an algea that is used in fish food and lizard food as a source of protien, surely if you mixed it with honey or something it would be perfect for ants as it tastes good and has alot of protien

[miszt]

some ants do like fish food, allot dont unfortunetly, but mixed wqith honey they are a good source of nutriants as you say

[ratgreen]

its in powder form and is not actually fish food, its just used in it so the ants would have no choice if i mixed it with honey

[JimmyVe]

Well ratgreen try it out and let us know if your ants like it.

[ratgreen]

will do, just need some darn workers to hatch then i will tell. unless there is some way of feeding it to the queen?