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[Lowth01]

Hey im currently keeping a small messor barbarus colony in a ytong nest and i was wondering how i can keep the ytong at a warmer temperature. as it's winter and cold in my house they need to be abit warmer. I was thinking of a heating matt but i want to raise the temperature of the air in the ytong aswell. Cheers for any help you might have

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[damondeionno]

Lowth01. If you raise the temperature of the ytong, you will raise the air temperature as well. Think about radiators (they are really badly named convection heaters).

[miszt]

heat mats can be dodgy things if they are not positioned and controlled properly, in a confined space, a heat mat will produce ALLOT of heat, even low wattage versions can easily make the inside of a ytong reach 30C+ in just a few hours, the structure of the concrete means that heat is lost very slowly from a ytong, so if you are going to heat the ytong, attach it to a thermostat and keep it at a steady temp, 25-26C, you will need to get a thermostat with a wire that you can push into the ytong at the point closest to where the heat mat is situated

[JimmyVe]

I use a heat mat for my Messor barbarus but like miszt said, you need to control it with a thermostat. Ore if you have a big nest only warm up a small part from it so the ants can move to a cooler place if it gets to hot.