Hi all - congrats on a very informative and helpful forum which I'm very much enjoying reading through all of the posts. I've been searching the internet for ant keeping instructions and stumbled across antstore.net which looks like it's the place to be for everything to do with these cool creatures! We are moving house soon so I am holding off getting the ants until we have moved as I don't want to risk creating their home and then moving and the tunnels collapsing etc! I've bought the following items in preparation for the move (in a month or 2) I have a feeling I should have joined and read the forum before buying the items as I'm hoping I've chosen correctly....
glass M - ant display 20x2x10cm
Seramis ton granulate 0,5 litre - 200g
Sand Loam Mixture 1000g
Book: Principals of keeping ants (Always good to have instructions!!)
When the time comes, I am considering getting "Lasius niger (Black Garden Ant)" as they seem to be a good choice for novice ant keepers. I may go 1 step further and get a species that has different caste's like queen, soldier and workers but I'll read the threads here and see what would be best.
Do you think that the above set up would be good for a beginner? Any thoughts/comments would be most welcome as I'd rather do things correctly from step 1!
Thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Stu