ANTSTORE World of Ants

[JimmyVe]

Sorry if i wasn't clear about that, but like Azzer said it is a different material. I never used it but you can try it out and let us know.

[mpir]

A friend of mine from US told me that he looked everywhere for AAC. He only found one place but they olny sold it in bulk. So he would have to buy like a TON of stuff.

I think the reason why Antstore would not send you ytong nest is that the material is way to brittle to survive that kind of trip. You would probably receive just few chunks of it and lots of powder. I once cut this material with a kitchen knife (jagged). And I did not destroy the knife.

Good luck

[nepenthes_ak]

Maybe if it said Glass, lol.

[SteveUK28]

Excellent Guide.. many thanks and well done
1 questions for you guys my block is 44x21cm should i use all this for my Lasius niger colony. or just use some of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[miszt]

lasius niger colonies can grow very large, no reason why you cant use all of it

[JimmyVe]

in deed, but if it is possible you could block a part of the nest until the colony is bigger, if you don't do it they will use it the stock there trash, not a really big deal, because the probably clean it up if they need it.
It is just that i do it sometimes, lookscleaner.

[Purifier]

Martin Sebesta give me the tip that i should put some sand/loam mix in the Y-Tong. So the ants could dig their rooms by their own. And then you dont have the problem with the trash

[JimmyVe]

That is true, but the down side of it is that they will use the sand to cover up the glass so you can not look in to the nest any more.

[Purifier]

Oh okay....that would be pretty shit ^^
And i visualize that the sand/loam mix getting hard after a few days or weeks. And then is the Problem that the ants could not dig....

[JimmyVe]

Depends on the species, most species can dig try the mix (sand/loam).

[Purifier]

Yeah? Okay. Dont know that or i could not believe it. In a basin from me the sand/loam from anstore dry up completely and even for me (my fingers) was hard to get through. And so i was the opinion that ants could not dig through....

[JimmyVe]

I don't think Lasius niger would dig trough it but species like Messor barbarus and Pheidole pallidula can dig even trough y-tong so...

[Dr.House]

Here is another Method: http://ameisenforum.de/technik-basteln/ ... ungen.html

So you can block the different sections and when the colony is big enough, just remove the blocking plastic.

[JimmyVe]

I think i know the method but i can not see the pictures Dr.House.

[Skippy]

You must be registered Jimmy , and online there. I think this metod id not good , because he has big holes for these plastic things there. I you have small specie , they can run away from there or bigger specie (some campo) can make these small holes bigger

Skippy