ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Hetrobob]

Hi

I am just about to set up a basin for a Messor barbarus colony. I had ordered coloured sand/loam mix from antstore only to later be told that this is no good since it is coloured with Iron oxide, which the ants are intolerant to.
My question is: can I used this coloured sand/loam for the floor of the feeding arena instead or is it best to keep it away from the Messor totally?
I have now ordered plain sand loam mix for the nest so that problem is solved at least.

Thanks for any pointers you can give!
Regards
Hetrobob

[Dadave]

I added a room with red sand/loam mix from antsotre. Then I throw in some dead insects, the next day there were 10 dead ants. So I removed it and since then no dead ants anymore.

So dont buy this shit! Dont use it!

I use Quarzsand and normal loam!

[Hetrobob]

ok thanks for the tip I have covered the coloured floor with plain sand loam mix and sprayed it with water so hopefully that will avoid any trouble!