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Safe Silicon?

Started By M_Ants , Sep 20 2020 12:24 PM

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#1 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 20 2020 - 12:24 PM

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Is this silicone safe for formicariums once FULLY cured?

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 20 2020 - 1:04 PM

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Yes

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 20 2020 - 1:15 PM

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Yay! Thanks! Working on a firebrick formicarium but I need someway to seal the outsides.

Edited by M_Ants, September 20 2020 - 1:15 PM.

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#4 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 21 2020 - 6:51 AM

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basically everyone uses it, including me. So there are no worries.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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