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117 Colonies & Ant Farms - Formicarium Review

117 colonies formicarium review

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#1 Offline Reevak - Posted February 21 2017 - 9:13 AM

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Hello! If you remember from a while back, I won a give-a-way for a free formicarium from Loops117's ant store. This post will be to review the product that has been sent to me.

 

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The formicarium looks great and looks like it can hold about any species that isn't very large (like Camponotus).

 

 

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The lid for the outworld is snug to prevent escapes, but at the same time is very easily removed. The fake plants are very aesthetically pleasing and are positioned in a way that will not allow the ants to simply climb out of the formicarium with the lid off. As long as I apply a barrier (such as fluon) the ants will not escape with the lid removed (although I recommend it stays on to be safe and to prevent other insects from entering).

 

 

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These tubes allows for easy transport of a colony, directly from their nest, and the caps fit tightly to prevent smaller species from sneaking out.
 
 
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These forceps will make cleanup easy and the pipettes will make hydrating the nest both easy and accurate.

 

 

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Everything was packaged nicely, with bubble wrap around the items and packing peanuts filling in the empty spaces. Everything was snug so nothing would shake or break.

 

 

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Also, I found that the tubes for transporting ants fit nicely into the test tubes I had (diameter of 1.7 cm). If I decided to transport ants from a test tube to the nest, I doubt that I would even need to fill any empty space with cotton to prevent escapes. The other side of the tube is smaller so if I did have a smaller test tube, then connecting them would still be without difficulty.
 
 
I would also like to thank Loops for throwing in this extra item because he was not able to send me the formicarium due to certain complications.
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It looks like I won't be needing to use that transporting trick after all!

 

I will most definitely be making a journal using these items once nuptial flights start up!

Link to Loops117's store: http://117colonies.com/

 

 

I would also like to apologize for the delay in making this post. I received these items several weeks ago, but I have had quite a bit of schoolwork to do and barely had enough free time to make a review. Thanks again, Loops!


Edited by Reevak, February 21 2017 - 9:17 AM.

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#2 Offline superjman - Posted February 21 2017 - 9:29 AM

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Oh wow that is impressive! Hmmm I might have to think about buying one of those from him...


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#3 Offline Loops117 - Posted February 27 2017 - 7:54 AM

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Thank you very much for the review, Reevak. It is very much appreciated.






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