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#1 Offline jcisopodgang - Posted February 24 2020 - 3:37 PM

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so i saw an instagram user who made these really beautiful nests, but in the nests i saw no way of hydrating. as i find out more and more people have wooden nests, i wonder, how do they hydrate the nests? Cause the wood would rot fast, right? this is for people if thye have wood nests to tell me how it works ahaha


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#2 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 24 2020 - 4:49 PM

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I'm a Camponotus keeper so it's kind of in my ant keeping description to have a general idea of a wood/ cork nest. An ways, there's typically a hydration port or area where you can use a syringe to water the nest, making the nest partially wet. As you said the wood will rot, so there isn't permanent housing capabilities of this type of nest, so yeah. Anything else you have questions about? 


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#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted February 24 2020 - 4:51 PM

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You could insert water absorbent material such as a sponge or Ytong/Firebrick into a certain part of the nest, and hydrate it from there.


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#4 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 24 2020 - 7:33 PM

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I also believe the wood would rot if you got it to moist. Also, if you have camponotus... :lol:


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#5 Offline Martialis - Posted February 26 2020 - 12:52 PM

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If it rots, that's a problem for us. But the ants will like it.  I'd use some sort of exterior (Plastic or another material) to seal the nest and prevent escapes.

 

 

Camponotus don't need tons of moisture, but they do need it.   A little "well" of sorts with some sort of sponge could help create a humidity gradient.


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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 26 2020 - 1:09 PM

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Look up Dominatus’ wood nest in this thread: https://www.formicul...tworlds/page-24
It’s the holy grail of wooden formicariums.
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