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Type I Casita for Tetramorium?

Started By TKD102 , Jun 27 2020 8:25 PM

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#1 Offline TKD102 - Posted June 27 2020 - 8:25 PM

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I have one up and coming tetramorium immigrans colony after stepping away from the hobby for about a year or two and was wondering if a type I casita would contain them eating away at it.

 

If this casita won't work I'll probably get a type III fortress, but I don't have much money at the moment, so it'll be a while.


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#2 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted June 27 2020 - 9:05 PM

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I asked about Type I recently and everyone basically said it was a bad idea for Tetras....


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#3 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 27 2020 - 10:57 PM

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Yeah, get Type III to be safe. I have known that Tetras love to eat through Type I stuff.
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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 28 2020 - 2:53 AM

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Yeah, they’ll chew between the glass and formicarium and make a gap. The THA outworlds are too small for explosively growing species.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#5 Offline TKD102 - Posted June 28 2020 - 8:00 AM

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Oh okay, thanks guys ! Will they also chew through Type III, but it'll take longer? Are Type III completely safe?


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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 28 2020 - 8:52 AM

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Type III is a super hard material ants can’t chew. Not even my Crematogaster can get through it.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#7 Offline TKD102 - Posted June 28 2020 - 10:57 AM

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Type III is a super hard material ants can’t chew. Not even my Crematogaster can get through it.


Cool thanks that sounds good. do you know if tetramorium can chew through hydrostone incase I made a diy formicarium? I have a big bag of the stuff.

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#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 28 2020 - 11:16 AM

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No, that stuff is super hard, too. No way they could chew through it.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#9 Offline AntsDakota - Posted June 28 2020 - 11:54 AM

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Tetramorium caespitum is not present in the United States. You’re thinking of Tetramorium immigrans.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#10 Offline TKD102 - Posted June 28 2020 - 1:52 PM

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Tetramorium caespitum is not present in the United States. You’re thinking of Tetramorium immigrans.

my bad


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