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#1 Offline CoolColJ - Posted March 21 2018 - 3:41 AM

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Don't know how tight a seal it has, but it does address one of my main complaints of acrylic nests, no easy way to quickly remove the top for cleaning etc
 
https://www.aliexpre...iceBeautifyAB=0
 
 
A pity it only comes with a garish orange and yellow :/


 
 
It does look like there might be a silicon layer on the tops of the chambers/passages
 


Edited by CoolColJ, June 22 2018 - 4:12 AM.

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#2 Offline noebl1 - Posted March 21 2018 - 3:56 AM

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May be worth contacting them and asking about other/custom colors. I find Aliexpress similar to eBay where occasionally vendors are willing to work with you for custom things (sometimes for no add'l charge.)



#3 Offline CoolColJ - Posted April 25 2018 - 3:30 PM

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If you have ever wondered what some of these Chinese acrylic nests look like with a mature colony here is an example

 

Messor

 

 

And one of the Chinese water feeders

 


Edited by CoolColJ, April 25 2018 - 3:33 PM.

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#4 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 6 2018 - 5:33 PM

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Now with magnetic side

https://www.aliexpre...iceBeautifyAB=0


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#5 Offline KBant - Posted May 7 2018 - 6:50 AM

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yo these ant nests are cheap! wonder if any would be good for camponotus. they look rather small.



#6 Offline ken14400 - Posted May 7 2018 - 7:03 AM

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yo these ant nests are cheap! wonder if any would be good for camponotus. they look rather small.

mine is getting shipped and planning on moving my camponotus in there but they're still rather a small colony with 9 workers and like 8 pupae



#7 Offline Gabraime - Posted May 7 2018 - 1:10 PM

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Those nests are awesome!Before ordering I want to know if nests have good hydration system for ants.thx

#8 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 7 2018 - 1:47 PM

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yo these ant nests are cheap! wonder if any would be good for camponotus. they look rather small.

 

That video up there is housing a Messor barbarus colony, which have some fairly big majors and the queen is fairly large as well.

I've seen some of the other horziontal nests house Camponotus consobrinus, which are one of the largest ants we have here

 

But if you have a lot of ants then you would have to get one of the larger nests

 

The yellow one in this vid can hold Camponotus easy

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As seen here

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Camponotus chromaiodes

https://www.instagra.../p/BhvBBJLHlpR/

 


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#9 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 7 2018 - 1:49 PM

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Those nests are awesome!Before ordering I want to know if nests have good hydration system for ants.thx

 

All of them have a dense sponge that soaks water and then disperses them through the seams of the acrylic.

Some of them have a test tube that holds water and wicks them to the sponge, so they can go for weeks without any added water, much like a test tube setup


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#10 Offline Gabraime - Posted May 8 2018 - 5:14 AM

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Definitely I will order. Thx for sharing

#11 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 12 2018 - 2:00 PM

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Founding gypsum nests with magnetic tops
 
https://www.aliexpre...iceBeautifyAB=0



Edited by CoolColJ, June 12 2018 - 2:03 PM.

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#12 Offline Derpy - Posted June 12 2018 - 6:40 PM

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How would you hydrate these nests though?

-1x Parasitic Formica Sp. Colony

-1x Pogonomymrex Californicus Colony

-1x Camponotus Hyatti Colony

 


#13 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 12 2018 - 8:41 PM

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How would you hydrate these nests though?


Normally you just squirt the water directly onto the gypsum, as it absorbs and holds a lot of water.
However I do not see a hole in the casing to do so, unless there is one of the backside

edit - the plug at the front is probably where you squirt water in.

Edited by CoolColJ, June 12 2018 - 9:27 PM.

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#14 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 13 2018 - 7:44 PM

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another founding nest

 

https://www.aliexpre...iceBeautifyAB=0

 


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#15 Offline Leo - Posted June 14 2018 - 4:57 AM

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I used to have an acrylic nest

#16 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 22 2018 - 4:14 AM

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Sweet looking nest on taoBao

 

https://www.buy2taob...ml#.WyzndiB9iHs

 

 

https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i2/3340958150/TB20ahKhmMmBKNjSZTEXXasKpXa_!!3340958150.jpg_Q75.jpg

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#17 Offline MaxGen - Posted June 22 2018 - 6:11 AM

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I wonder what they are pixelating there in the nest to hide, maybe there were some ants in it when the photo was taken?  I assume the middle chamber is for hydration maybe.


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#18 Offline Miles - Posted June 22 2018 - 6:45 AM

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I wonder what they are pixelating there in the nest to hide, maybe there were some ants in it when the photo was taken?  I assume the middle chamber is for hydration maybe.

That is so bizarre. I wonder if those parts are mesh and they are trying to censor it for people with Trypophobia? Or, maybe they're hiding parts of the design that have been stolen from other distributors. They could be "water towers" which is a Tar Heel Ants design.


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#19 Offline Barristan - Posted June 22 2018 - 7:26 AM

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Maybe an ant queen and a male on both sides were mating right in that moment he took the picture. So he pixelated out this sinful sexual act to protect small children from losing their innocence.

 

Luckily nobody patented the use of plaster or Ytong as nesting material. There are so many great ideas in the forums and I guess also some professional ant nest makers do benefit from them.


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#20 Offline Straywolf94 - Posted July 5 2018 - 2:21 PM

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These nests are 49% off for next 8 hours ($18.46/ea).  

 

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