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[Ants4fun]

Thinking about producing some nests for myself. Already experimented with a variety of materials including hydrostone, plaster, firebrick, cement, wood, etc. Haven't dabbled into acrylic or plastic. I think that a routed half acrylic/half firebrick or hydrostone would look nice. But also, with 3d printing I would be able to customize every part of a formicarium.

[Rstheant]

There’s been some discussion on solid acrylic nests, and the species that do terrible in them. I would do some firebrick or hydrostone, maybe with some acrylic chamber separations.

[Ants4fun]

There’s been some discussion on solid acrylic nests, and the species that do terrible in them. I would do some firebrick or hydrostone, maybe with some acrylic chamber separations.

Yeah, I agree all acrylic nests aren't ideal. With A CNC machine one could route wood, firebrick, hydrostone, etc.

[Rstheant]

Depends on what you’re building. I would go for 3-D because you can print:

Feeders
Feeding trays
Test tube inserts.

Your choice. I think both are good.

[Antking117]

Depends on what you’re building. I would go for 3-D because you can print:

Feeders
Feeding trays
Test tube inserts.

Your choice. I think both are good.

You can do much more with the 3D printer as stated here. I would recommend that course.

[Rstheant]

Haha, I know. I didn’t think of all of the options at the moment.