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[BugFinder]

Does any of you own an ant tower?  Do you like it?  What are the goods and the bads of using it?  TIA.

[Thunder_Birds]

Hello! I have an AC ant tower, and it tried to move my Camponotus Pennsylvanicus colony into there, but they wanted to still stick with the test tube (though they did dig a little bit). Camponotus aren’t really diggers, so that’s probably one of the reasons. The good side of a ant tower is that you get to see your ants dig, which is cool. And, one of the bad sides is that the material your using (depending on what material your using) can eventually get moldy or get other types of diseases (some materials do last longer than others). And so, you need to eventually take them out. Hopefully that is helpful 

Edited by Thunder_Birds, April 22 2020 - 8:07 PM.

[BugFinder]

Hello! I have an AC ant tower, and it tried to move my Camponotus Pennsylvanicus colony into there, but they wanted to still stick with the test tube (though they did dig a little bit). Camponotus aren’t really diggers, so that’s probably one of the reasons. The good side of a ant tower is that you get to see your ants dig, which is cool. And, one of the bad sides is that the material your using (depending on what material your using) can eventually get moldy or get other types of diseases (some materials do last longer than others). And so, you need to eventually take them out. Hopefully that is helpful 

 

would you recommend it for tetramorium sp?

[Unfrozen]

 

Hello! I have an AC ant tower, and it tried to move my Camponotus Pennsylvanicus colony into there, but they wanted to still stick with the test tube (though they did dig a little bit). Camponotus aren’t really diggers, so that’s probably one of the reasons. The good side of a ant tower is that you get to see your ants dig, which is cool. And, one of the bad sides is that the material your using (depending on what material your using) can eventually get moldy or get other types of diseases (some materials do last longer than others). And so, you need to eventually take them out. Hopefully that is helpful 

 

would you recommend it for tetramorium sp?

 

tetra are verry hardy anything should work but a really cheap setup is a pitri dish nest connected to a diy outworld

[Skwiggledork]

For a cheaper option made by one of our own members might I suggest the dirt box made by dspdrews. I know they say out of stock, but I would pm him.

https://www.formicul...eping-products/

[ANTdrew]

Dirt box is amazing if you can get your hands on one. Tetramorium would thrive in it! They would outgrow it quicker than COVID spread, though.

[AntsDakota]

With any dirt setup, whether it's the Tower or the Dirt Box, I prefer sand, and not soil. That's also one of the reasons I love desert ants: they prefer it too! 

Edited by AntsDakota, April 23 2020 - 6:24 AM.

[Whitelotus]

The AC Ant tower is good unless you use a tiny species with them. I had several workers escaping through the air pores and it was just more hassle than what it was worth.

[Broncos]

The ac ant tower is really good for medium species but I would suggest dspdrew’s dirt boxes because they have flat sides and provides a better view of the ants.