ANTSTORE World of Ants

[miszt]

these guys are going into hibernation now colony is at least 100 workers now, quiet a few have died off, i guess they are probly the original generations from the queen, took the oppertunity of hibernation to move them back into a test tube, for sum reason they really love test tubes lol i have a new setup planned for them next year, as the current one wasnt really very good for watching them pics will come soon once i've made it, but i wont be putting them into it until spring

[sithmaster676]

sounds like everything is going well for you miszt lets hope that your colony survives hibernation.
Sithmaster676

[SteveUK28]

Hi Guys... recieved my colony yesterday.. however the test tube they come in is empty.. im connected a new one.. but they dont seem interested in moving at all.. All they seem to do is send workers out exploring for food.. i did put some honey in there which they loved.. and some almost drown in it till i rescued them ive now put a bit of cotton wool there for the honey to soak up into.. now they cant drown.. Also tried puttin a live fruit fly in there.. since then they dont even go in the new test tube.. which i thought was strange.. so ive removed it for now hopin they will return.. Any idea how i can get them to move... Ive now made the new tube very dark n left them out in the light.. Ohh and its pretty much a full colony.. around 100 workers.. 1 queen and a stack of eggs.. Any help would be much appreciated guys.. Hope u all had a great xmas

[ant dude]

@ steveuk28: mate check your messages i have suggested somthings which u could do rember if they wanna move they will. i have a question though for u: are u planning on putting them somwhere i.e a basin etc? try a small/ cut in half acorn. i wound'nt false them to move though, as espially with ants who are quite small like these...i did find them quite bad movers but if u put somthing better/bigger for a big colony that u have then then thay will move. so try some bark or somthing anway

good luck on these steve

x mas was good, but usually is every year lol. i am still waiting for my order, as i missed in on friday so the thing said they will deliver 2moz so hopefully someone recives them(me)

[miszt]

Themnothorax nylanderi dont grow large ant dude, max around 200 ants, to be honest, they will live their entire lives happily in a test tube

[ant dude]

Themnothorax nylanderi dont grow large ant dude, max around 200 ants, to be honest, they will live their entire lives happily in a test tube

look miszt, i know they only have max at the most a few hundred workers in one colony. but it is better to have them in a more natural enviroment with some acorns/bark or a y-tong at the least(somthing which they can move around more in, not suomthing massive but somthing that is not the size of the testube or 2 if u get wot i am saying). not only for the colony itself but for people like us who like to view their behavier etc. they will live happily in a testube, i strongly disagree with u. they should be able to explore more than just in a testube u know. a testube is not ideal for them it is ment temperely to the colony gets a bit bigger in size or just for a few weaks, few months at the most really so.... in steve's case better for him to move them out soon,(few weaks or somthing) as he has quite a large colony. although they may apear to be quite happy in a testube(to u miszt) u cant really tell but, it is much better for the colony and us if they have more space to move around in. a life in a testube is a very sad life indeed miszt. as it is plain an it does not have stuff for them to explore such as other materials and plants and things. just bear this in mind

[miszt]

Ant dude, I wonder when was the last time you asked an Ant what it 'liked'?

Natrual looking setups are purly for our own benifit and enjoyment, an Ant does not care whether it lives in a glass tube or a wooden block, as long as it has all the variables needed for it to sustain its colony in full health

If you had paid even the slightest bit of attention to any of my diary threads, you would realize that natrual setups are my speciality rather than going off half cocked because you like to be confrontational

Please dont patronize me, I dont appriciate it, I've been keeping various animals longer than you have been alive!

you do have a habbit of being patronizing, pherhaps it is not intentional, in which case, be a little bit more carefull about how you speak, remeber that on a forum we do not have all the visual communication that allows us to interprete what people say correctly, so its easy to come accross in a negative way

[ant dude]

Natrual looking setups are purly for our own benifit and enjoyment, an Ant does not care whether it lives in a glass tube or a wooden block, as long as it has all the variables needed for it to sustain its colony in full health

miszt, most species dont seem to care i know. but its better seeing them with bark and that. it is more enjoyable seeing how the ants react to things put around there nest like: with niger say if u put grass seeds near them they would move them around to there nest entrances(usually from wot i have seen) and there are many more more examples with other spoecies and different things with ants!!!

Edit post from 16:27 - please use the edit-function

If you had paid even the slightest bit of attention to any of my diary threads, you would realize that natrual setups are my speciality rather than going off half cocked because you like to be confrontational

i have seen/read a lot of your posts such as your diary threads, an i would agree u put a lot of thinking into it( so it appears) such as your designs and other stuff.

you do have a habbit of being patronizing, pherhaps it is not intentional, in which case, be a little bit more carefull about how you speak, remeber that on a forum we do not have all the visual communication that allows us to interprete what people say correctly, so its easy to come accross in a negative way

sorry miszt if thats the way it came accross, as me being horrible but i was not meaning to be like this. we gotta stop do this argueing buisness lol( i have lol) anyway lets leave it now, we both have different views on the subject so its up to steve to decide which he will do

miszt i find u are also are very rude to me back so like i said best to leave this alone now

i dont think i am that rude like u say

[JimmyVe]

Well... I must say, i keep about all of my species in a y-tong nest, this is not a natural area for the ants but it is the easiest way to keep the nest moist (and dry on some spaces) and to keep it clean. I also have sand nest and i find it harder to keep them clean. About what the ants like, if i'm not mistaken, no animal likes to be in captivity so, as long if we give them what they need i think they are "happy".

That said. Now back on topic. (more posts about this and i'm closing this threat !)

@SteveUK28: i think its best to give them a little out world, connect the two tubes to it and wait until they move. If the new tube is better for them i'm sure they will move.

[SteveUK28]

Jimmy cheers bud.. Just wondering but how can i make a basin... Escape Proof as ive seen this little blighters escape twice already lol.. they r true masters of escaping
Would Vaseline do the trick?

[miszt]

Vaseline works great with these ants

[SteveUK28]

ok ive just read somewhere that u can use hand cream???? any1 tried this?? and would it/will it work???

[miszt]

No, woudlnt recomend it, due to the random chemicals that turn up in them

[JimmyVe]

In deed i would also rather use Vaseline than hand cream.
PRFE works perfect also.

[SteveUK28]

Yup i now do totally agree vaseline works great.. Somehow one of the ants got out tho.. dunno how.. past the vaseline.. bit mad.. i had taken out the orginal test tube they came in.. a few hours later i notice that there is an ant crawling about in there lol.. Dam they r good.. He must have been on the test tube or somat.. cos the vaseline is def alllll around the basin...