ANTSTORE World of Ants

[insanebe]

Its an antstore beton nest 39x16 and a Glass basins 40x30x20 cm with 27mm drilling, they fit together perfectly.

Now i need to decide what ants to put inside it, im open to suggestions and ideas, (not MR's or LN's i have 2 of those already)

[dodgydogman]

Wow, very nice. You should put a way down from the y-tong to the ground though.

[Jamcom]

very nice setup
i would suggest (im ont a expert or anything but beings you have got/ had 2 of Lasius* niger and Myrmica* you could try Lasius* flavus
or go to somthing harder like Messor barbarus* (sorry for spelling) or Pheidole pallidula

*Edit Antstore - correction

[insanebe]

oh yeah i noticed that when i posted there is no way down >.< ill put a stick in or something i guess,

i have a MB queen but she wont lay eggs she is however still alive after 3 & half months, and has never left the test tube( far as i know) who knows maybe she will start laying after hibernation.

Lasius flavus, too easy, too similar :p

Pheidole pallidula, maybe, but i hear they can be a bit of an escape artist being so small.

[insanebe]

oh yeah i noticed that when i posted there is no way down >.< ill put a stick in or something i guess,

i have a MB queen but she wont lay eggs she is however still alive after 3 & half months, and has never left the test tube( far as i know) who knows maybe she will start laying after hibernation.

Lasius Flavus, too easy, too similar :p

Pheidole pallidula, maybe, but i hear they can be a bit of an escape artist being so small.

im looking at Leptogenys cf diminuta, though they can sting or a Diacamma spec.

[Jamcom]

so what you lookin for something not to hard/not to exotic any guidelines?

[insanebe]

well i ordered Leptogenys cf diminut, its lvl 2, exotic, i have a nice heat mat to keep it warm though it says they tolorate room temperature, i felt like i was ready for a lvl 2 species, wish me luck i havn't lost a queen yet,

on another point why did the edit button for my post disappear , i accidently made some posts and couldn't get rid of them

[Jamcom]

btw (dont mean this nastily) before you go waste like 50 quid or whatever price they are why not start of with a level above lasius and mymrica's etc a more basic higher species because as i said you dont wana waste it all for them to just come and die (my 2p ignore it but i always try to think more logically) if you have the money go for it and if there only cheap etc give it a try ! gl

[insanebe]

im rich i can afford it , it was 80 quid the prices on the store are not what was charged, but whatever....


Sub-Total: 82,90 €
General Logistics Systems Express 24h - Delivery to GB : 1 x 0.3 kg: 50,22 €
incl. UST 19%: 21,26 €
Gift Vouchers: - 1,38 €
Total: 131,75 €

[SteveUK28]

OUCH.. u must be rich to be willing to pay that lol.. Lets hope all goes well.. and post up some pics when they arrive.. Ohhh.. and are you going to put the heat mat on the side??

[donbilbo]

That nest is huge. You could fill some of its chambers with sand before you put in the ants.

[insanebe]

That nest is huge. You could fill some of its chambers with sand before you put in the ants.

i tried to do that, but it was too difficult all the sand just fell out, its not like the ones where you lay it horizontally and place a sheet of galss over the top, there was alot of movement putting it in the basin.

as for the heat mat i think ill just put it on the bottom under half of the basin then they can choose the temperature they want, having it on the side might make it awkward.

[insanebe]

OUCH.. u must be rich to be willing to pay that lol.. Lets hope all goes well.. and post up some pics when they arrive.. Ohhh.. and are you going to put the heat mat on the side??

im a solicitor, so not rich rich , but enough for a few hundred on crap like this, my boss drives a bentley now he is rich :p

[JimmyVe]

Very nice.

[insanebe]

wont be getting Leptogenys cf diminut im afraid antstore called and left a message on my mobile while i was at work, they say they can't send it because the queen has died , while i suppose its better than it arriving dead, now i have to pick another species.