ANTSTORE World of Ants

[missy]

Hello.

ive been looking at ebay item 190208925181 but the seller has told me i would need a tub for feeding to go with this.

He has one but he says its only small and i should concider a new one from here but im not sure what to get, do i buy the lids seperate or are they included? also they seem expensive, does the price include delivery?

thanx

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[mzfckr]

if you buy just a basin you need to buy a lid too.no, the delivery is shown at checkout

[mpir]

Please do check out this care sheet, read it carefully and you´ll get the idea what you need.

http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=6355

If something is still unclear, do not hasitate to ask.

[JimmyVe]

Hello Missy and welcome.

If you are interested in keeping ants that is great, but please read a bit more about it before you buy them. It would be better for you and the ants. Thanks.

(like mpir said, that care sheet is really helpful)

[miszt]

30£ seems a bit much for a Lasius niger colony tbh, you can get a colony that size from an early colony within a year if the conditions are right, and that'll cost you only 5-10£

although you are getting a ytong-farm with it aswell, this can be made in an hour, and will cost you 90p for the block + maybe £2 for a piece of glass (from a cheap picture frame will do)

although if your not DIY minded, i guess its not a bad price

[KiamCameron]

Wow you get the glass that cheap :O When I got mine for my ytong they charged me £7.00 maybe thats cuz they made the glass so you cannot cut yourself on it ?

[miszt]

It depends what you are using the glass for, if its simply a cover for a ytong, and you are sure it wont get knocked about, then you can get a cheap picture frame and take the glass out

a glass cutter only costs about 3-5£ to

obviuosly you dont want to use picture frame glass for anything that may get nocked or needs to take some weight

[missy]

yes, certainly not diy minded and i dont mind the thought of someone else building a nest and saving me a year of waiting for £15.

Really unsure of the tub costs though, what size would i need? 25x15x15? or would that be the 'small' one the guy is offering for £10?

would they out grow this?

may have to rethink this...

[missy]

decided against it because of the basin prices.

[miszt]

you dont have to have an out world, I feed my lasius niger colony from test tubes, one for insects, one filled with honey water and bunged up with cotton wool, then attached to the pipe into their nest

an outworld just makes it more interesting and natrual

[JimmyVe]

If the colony is still small you could only keep them in a tube, it is just much easier to feed them in a out world. But anything can do for a out world, even a plastic box. If the colony gets bigger it is better to give them a nice farm with a (big) out world.