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How to create a formicarium DIY

Started By TylrsAnts , Nov 5 2019 8:32 PM

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#1 Offline TylrsAnts - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:32 PM

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So, hello and I’m going to be starting a thread for people who are on a budget and don’t have enough money to buy formicariums. This will pretty much be a guide.

#2 Offline TylrsAnts - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:36 PM

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Formicarium Styles That I Know Of

1. Ytong/Firebrick
2. Upright dirt (think uncle Milton)
3. Naturalistic (stuff antscanda does)
4. Cork/Wood
5. Plaster
6. “Dirt Box”
7. Acrylic
8. Test tube/Tubs and tubes/Cubes and tubes

Formicarium Styles You Should Avoid (For every species)
1. Gel

Feel free to add on

#3 Offline TylrsAnts - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:41 PM

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Ytong/Fire brick (The principle in this video is the same for both): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=RtS9BO2PRLM
Test tube: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8edRYbn65Oo
Plaster: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=C8Ij8Bhr8FI
Naturalistic: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8S8NGb1Kyu8
Ytong (Again): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=Agp8E1w-6Vo

rbarreto and treehunned like this

#4 Offline TylrsAnts - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:42 PM

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Fire Brick (If you won’t take my word that the process is same): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=L0nOTuZ6ZaY

#5 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted November 6 2019 - 1:24 PM

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I know some styles:

Grout (Tutorial on Formiculture.)

3D printed

Bead container (Tutorial on Formiculture.)

Hydrostone (Same as grout but is generally better.)

Petri dish (Mostly for cryptic ants.)

Currently keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis

#6 Offline TylrsAnts - Posted November 6 2019 - 4:39 PM

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How to make Petri dish setup: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=iceahERV8DU

#7 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 2 2020 - 5:42 PM

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Here is a pretty cool video on using plaster... Have any of you tried this method with plaster? I'm thinking about giving it a go, just like in this video: any feedback would be helpful.