ANTSTORE World of Ants

[jartok]

hi if i keep Pheidole palidula

what setup do i need wat heater do i need the power of it do i just put it at one point in tank ?

[JimmyVe]

Well these ants are best kept in a sand/loam farm. You also can keep them in a y-tong but don't forget they dig trough y-tong so you need to make it that they can not escape out of there.

Best to heat up 1/3 from the nest area (and maybe a heat spot in the out world). This way they can go and nest to the heat mat but if it gets to hot they can move to a cooler place.

These ants are masters in escaping, small and strong jaws. Keep that in mind when you are building them a farm.
Also make sure to keep the nest moist, when it gets to dry the die quick.

Good luck.

[jartok]

i was gonna get this
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and
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with a layer of ptfe around the edges and when they big enough expand with a new one

would this be sufficient in stopping them getting out ? also if putting heat spot in how can i with lid on ?

[JimmyVe]

You could use that.
I would also recommend this
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you can put that under the lid so it closes perfect.

PTFE is also recommend, specially when the colony is bigger and you need to feed them.

You can use a heat lamp, just place it above the lid (not to close) so it gives the heating from above the farm. (Like the sun )
Don't forget to put a thermometer in there, so you can check it will not get to hot in there. If possible use a thermostat to. So it controls the heat.

[gabranth]

im getting 2 Pheidole palidula queens on Thursday and im going to put them together to create my second Monogyn species colony with 2 queens

[SteveUK28]

Good luck with that, I tried it myself and they killed the second queen.

[gabranth]

thxs hopefully i will succeed

[Kale^^]

Good luck with it. If the queens stick together at first there still may be a danger that the weaker queen will be killed later.

[gabranth]

yes that could happen ill just have to wait and see

[JimmyVe]

My colony also has 2 queens but i received them together, didn't do that myself. It still works out now. (but they are in a sand nest so i can not say it for sure, didn't find a dead queen so far so i think she is okay)
Like Steve said, he tried it himself and it didn't work out.
This species is not very strong Polygyn. So it is always a risk.

[SteveUK28]

I think i was to try it again i would do it during hibernation.. perhaps there would be a better success rate then. But still good luck mate.

[gabranth]

i got the second queen now and put them together one already has a worker but the worker was fine with the other queen and was cleaning her

[JimmyVe]

Fingers crossed than. Hope it works out.

[gabranth]

well the 2 queens appear to be playing tug of war with each other atm


edit: i had to remove the new queen as the other one was very aggressive towards it