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#1 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 10 2018 - 9:25 AM

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Does anyone know where to buy large jars to turn into terrariums for ants? like 5-gallon glass jars. if you know where to get some please message me thx 



#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted April 10 2018 - 10:26 AM

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https://www.amazon.c...allon glass jar


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#3 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 10 2018 - 10:44 AM

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https://www.amazon.c...allon glass jar


Yeah I want a bigger one that can house like 300-500 workers if built right

#4 Offline LC3 - Posted April 10 2018 - 2:27 PM

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Why not a container of some sort like acrylic or some other plastic or an aquarium tank? Those things are probably a lot more easier and practical to work with and obtain then 5 gallon jars or any large empty jar for that matter.



#5 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 10 2018 - 2:56 PM

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Why not a container of some sort like acrylic or some other plastic or an aquarium tank? Those things are probably a lot more easier and practical to work with and obtain then 5 gallon jars or any large empty jar for that matter.

cause then there will be corners and I'm afraid that they'll be able to climb out 



#6 Offline LC3 - Posted April 10 2018 - 3:05 PM

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They will probably be able climb out either way unless you put a barrier of some sort. (e.g fluon)



#7 Offline dermy - Posted April 11 2018 - 1:03 AM

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Jars suck in my opinion. You can only get so much access to the inside [even with a big opening you can never seem to get inside much]. If you can't access the inside very well clean-up is a hassle and spoiled food will cause mold outbreaks and all sorts of problems. Also ants will will still climb up a jar unless you add some form of barrier, as far as I know I haven't had an ant species that couldn't be kept without a barrier of some kind to contain them.



#8 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 11 2018 - 4:15 AM

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Jars suck in my opinion. You can only get so much access to the inside [even with a big opening you can never seem to get inside much]. If you can't access the inside very well clean-up is a hassle and spoiled food will cause mold outbreaks and all sorts of problems. Also ants will will still climb up a jar unless you add some form of barrier, as far as I know I haven't had an ant species that couldn't be kept without a barrier of some kind to contain them.

well the jar doesn't necessarily need to house ants it could just be a normal terrarium and I think barriers are easy to come by, so that won't be much of a problem



#9 Offline sgheaton - Posted April 11 2018 - 4:29 AM

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Why not a container of some sort like acrylic or some other plastic or an aquarium tank? Those things are probably a lot more easier and practical to work with and obtain then 5 gallon jars or any large empty jar for that matter.

cause then there will be corners and I'm afraid that they'll be able to climb out 

 

As I watch some tetramoriums scale the glass walls of the fish tank they are in, I question where you're coming at with your logic. Eliminating corners isn't going to stop anything.


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#10 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 11 2018 - 5:05 AM

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Why not a container of some sort like acrylic or some other plastic or an aquarium tank? Those things are probably a lot more easier and practical to work with and obtain then 5 gallon jars or any large empty jar for that matter.

cause then there will be corners and I'm afraid that they'll be able to climb out 

 

As I watch some tetramoriums scale the glass walls of the fish tank they are in, I question where you're coming at with your logic. Eliminating corners isn't going to stop anything.

 

corners have silicone which makes it easier for ants to climb over the barrier.



#11 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 11 2018 - 5:07 AM

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Why not a container of some sort like acrylic or some other plastic or an aquarium tank? Those things are probably a lot more easier and practical to work with and obtain then 5 gallon jars or any large empty jar for that matter.

cause then there will be corners and I'm afraid that they'll be able to climb out 

 

As I watch some tetramoriums scale the glass walls of the fish tank they are in, I question where you're coming at with your logic. Eliminating corners isn't going to stop anything.

 

corners have silicone which makes it easier for ants to climb over the barrier. Besides i like jar terrariums more than container terrariums

 



#12 Offline sgheaton - Posted April 11 2018 - 5:20 AM

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You seem to know exactly what you want and where to find it. 


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#13 Offline ken14400 - Posted April 11 2018 - 6:02 AM

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I know what I want I just don't know where to find a jar big enough that's why I created this forum.



#14 Offline Barristan - Posted April 11 2018 - 7:49 AM

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Buy a regular tank + buy an acrylic or plexiglass plate which will fit exactly on top of it. Find someone (maybe the shop you buy the plexiglass from might do that) with a laser cutter and let him cut out a smaller rectangle so you will have a frame left. Glue that frame on the tank with silicone. You then only apply the anti-escape barrier under the lid.

 

Alternatively, you could buy a huge acrylic glass cylinder.


Edited by Barristan, April 11 2018 - 7:50 AM.





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