ANTSTORE World of Ants

[bigbibble]

Hi i ordered some Crematogaster rogenhoferi from antstore, and they (I say they but its only the queen) have arrived. The queens in the container which measures 40x30x20. She has some rocks, moss and wood plus dried crickets and honey water. Can somedody give me some tips on how too keep her to well so that I get a big colony![schild=18 fontcolor=000000 shadowcolor=C0C0C0 shieldshadow=1]thanks for the posts![/schild]

[Messorus]

This ants aren ´t for beginers, I think, Crematogaster scuterallis is beter for you, than these ants... Lol
They usually build their nest, and keepers are getting only adult colonies, I think...

[Joshposh]

these ants are really hard to keep. if they escape your in alot of trouble, my friend had some which escaped easily and caused a massive problem in his house and were extremely hard to get rid of. i seriously wouldnt recomend them.

Josh

[mzfckr]

post some pictures of your new ants

[bigbibble]

I'll try to get some pictures of the queen on, thank you for your for warning me about some of the things that could go wrong but does anyone have any tips on keeping them?

[Martin S.]

Hello Bigbibble,

why you ask not before buy? For the carton bulding material use this species Humus or old soft dead wood.
For exsample: http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_in ... bt-2l.html
In the nature are the nests 2-5 meters high on the trees.
but a small tree / dead wood in the formicarium is possible too.
It is level 1 easy for keep (temperature, food etc.) but it is a higher risk class because they like dead soft wood.

@ Messorus: I think, Crematogaster scuterallis is not more easy to keep as Crematogaster rogenhoferi.

best regards
Martin

[Necturus]

Tip for the next time: Find information BEFORE ordering - they are animals and deserve a decent treatment.

[bigbibble]

Thanks everyone for your replys, if u have anymore infomation please post. Before ordering I spent a 2 days reserching these ants. I just wanted some tips on keeping them from people who had kept them before but thanks for all your replys anyway. I will take into account all that everyone has said and i will go and get some soft wood+ some homus if i can get it. If you have anymore infomation please post.

[Messorus]

Martin, thanks, this helped me a lot. I will be think about them...

[JimmyVe]

Hi Bigbibble and welcome,

Fist of all, they others are wright, best study the species before buy them. But that is to late now, so...
I would help you if i could but i do not have experience with this species.
Like Martin said, it is best to keep them in a humus brick, look at the link.
That would be a good nest for them.
If i'm not mistaken they are south European ants, so temperature would be about 20-30°c in summer 10-15°c in winter (2-4 months of hibernation) Feed them like all ants, insects and honey ore sugar/water.
I hope this helps you a bit.