ANTSTORE World of Ants

[DAN S]

hi am wanting to buy some ants but just wanted to confirm a few things first
wanted the red ants at 20 euros and a standard
ant farm at 35 euros was going to get some sand and some tubes and honey food is there any thing else i need and how long would they take to arrive to uk roughly.
will they survive what if they dont
and what should i do when i get them just set it up and pour the ants in
and can i just feed them any thing like insects fruit and suger water
also how many ants do you get with the queen
web site looks really good have been looking hard to find a site like this

[gonzobey]

The specie you mean called Myrmica rubra and is a good choise for beginners. That don´t mean that they are less interessting but more robust and easer to keep.

The antfarm will going well with this ants, you also need an foraging area, f.e. a container box, where you give the ants some food and an water ressource. To combine the farm with the container you need an tube 10mm diameter. To be sure that the ants don´t break out use put with the fingertip some vegetable oil on the edge of the foraging area.

For the antfarm you need 1x sand and 1x loam, mixe it and the substrat will be more solid. Get the substrat (f.e. sand) in the foraging area dry, so the ants will not settle in these container. A small bowl is good to give the ants some honeywater - please remove it all 2-3 days to prevent must. Also the ants like death insect to supply the need of proteine requirement.

Roughly the paket will arrive you 1 week after the ordering. Sure they will survive (we have often send some ants to the UK) - in eceptional case we will give you displacement.

When you get all, please don´t pour the ants to get in the antfarm. Just combine the test tube (where the ants will be in) with the antfarm - you will see soon they will settle in! If you pour the ants it would be possible that some ants get damage and you lost some brood. At the beginning you can use some cotton wool, drop the honeywater on it and put it directly in the antfarm. Later give them the food in the foraging area. To get the antfarm damp I recommend you to use a pipette.

O.k. now I write a lot of stuff, if you have more questions or if I forgot something, please let me know!

Greetings
Bianca

[DAN S]

thank you for being so helpful
do you know the price in pounds think its about one and a half euro's to the pound and do you except switch as dont have a visa card
and how do you add the test tube to farm it it small
enough to fit in there

[gonzobey]

Hello DAN S!
I don´t know the excange rate, it changing every day, please ask at the bank. What do you mean with switch?

The test tube don´t fit in the whole of the antfarm, you must use a felxible plastic tube (diameter 10mm) to combinine the antfarm and the test tube. So the ants can settle in the antfarm when the want. Thats one of the point by holding ants, you need patience, because the ants "having their own head" and don´t allway do what we want, so it could took some times till they settle in the antfarm.

But here some tips:
Put a red transparency foil on the pane of the antfarm and illuminate the farm - so it gets a little bit warmer. Ants and other insects can´t see red light, so they think its dark inside although you can look into. Allways watch the humidity in the antfarm.

Its a little bit like heaven to hell: make everything taht the ants like in the antfarm (like above) and make nothing at the test tube - so it could be possible that the ants settle in faster.

Hope this helped you... :O)
Greetings
Bianca

[DAN S]

thank you for being so helpful
have placed an order to pay by prepayment
so are you sending an invoice out for me to pay
or do i need transfer it from my bank
to yours

[gonzobey]

Hello DAN S!

We don´t send you an invoice, look into the AGB´s there you can find the bank-data to transfer.

Greetings
Bianca