ANTSTORE World of Ants

[deadmeat30]

hey all, ive been playing around with airated concreate bricks, lucky i have found a place that sells brick sized blocks at a very good price! ive attached some pictures of what i created. If anyone is interested in how i made them, or even would like one making for them selfs, then either post a reply or pm me

Alan

[Skippy]

Well done Alan!

You making very nice formicariums. This ant nest was made flexible ,for all normal ant spec ,I think right ? It is good. I also making formicariums like that ,but If you will have more interesting ant spec. you will must to make more specific formicarium for specific ant spec ,but this is good

Very nice

Skippy

[deadmeat30]

yeah you can keep many different types within it. the tunnels are nearly 1cm in widith, and around 8mm deep, so plenty of room for your average ant . there fun to make... just loads of concrete dust, heh.

thanks for that skippy

Alan

[JimmyVe]

Nice nest in deed Alan.
Good job. They are going to love there new home.

[Necturus]

Very nice,very clean! Only question i have, how are you gonna water them?
Necturus

[deadmeat30]

ill show u

[deadmeat30]

here you can see the bowl of water, and the concrete soaks up the water, and makes some of the nest moist, and some dry, with imbetween, so ants can choose where to go.

Alan

[sithmaster676]

nice pictures deadmeat
i have a problem keeping my nest moist i place a tube full of water hooked up to it with cotton wool but over night the whole tube was empty and the block dry,
i cant do like you have as i have no cutting for it is there anything i could do
Sithmaster676

[ShIeLa]

@deadmeat30: very nice. its a very interesting system´that i have never seen before. i like the watersystem, it seems very easy to work with it.
many hugs, shiela.

[deadmeat30]

can you not make the cutting? its very easy to do! and will keep you nest moist for ages!

Alan

[ShIeLa]

yes, thats why i like it.. its not a joke, i think its really comfortable. so if u want, look at my ant island.

[ShIeLa]

And these are my reports:
Temnothorax nylanderi
Lasius niger
Its in german, but there are nice pics..

[deadmeat30]

@ ShIeLa: thanks for the comments, and very nice islands you have there! very creative! When i next make a nest, ill do a step by step topic on how i created it! Its very easy and fun too do!

Alan

[ShIeLa]

yes, "do it yourself" is nice. you can exactly create that what u want and you have the only one of it..

[acerola]

Sithmaster676: You can use a bowl of water and a wick. You fasten the wick at the edge of the glass of your formicarium. And you put the other end in the water. Make sure the wick at the glass are upper than water level.
You can use thread from a new mop as wick for example. And you have to change the wick time to time whan it did not lead the water well anymore.