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Started By DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL , Oct 22 2020 8:33 PM

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#1 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted October 22 2020 - 8:33 PM

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Hey so i just wanted to know about something.

 
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 What material is used to make this formicaria?And how do u get that material to take a square shape?
How is that glass stuck to the material?


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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 23 2020 - 2:34 AM

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Looks like Ytong or AAC. The glass is stuck on with magnets.
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#3 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 23 2020 - 4:27 AM

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that's a mini hearth type one which is super cool because of the top expansion, you can't mold it it is ytong so you have to carve it out the magnets keep the glass attached. I can tell you more about this once mine gets here in 2 weeks.


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#4 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 23 2020 - 4:43 AM

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Also i would recommend these for smallish species because tarheelants makes them more compact than a cave like mini hearth, and the top expansion gives a good nesting place for a founding queen so it would actually be cool to make it like a station with a colony on the top and bottom, and plugging the holes, sorry I'm just thinking because i'm getting one of these and i think they are the coolest mini nest THA has.


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#5 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted November 11 2020 - 8:10 PM

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Also i would recommend these for smallish species because tarheelants makes them more compact than a cave like mini hearth, and the top expansion gives a good nesting place for a founding queen so it would actually be cool to make it like a station with a colony on the top and bottom, and plugging the holes, sorry I'm just thinking because i'm getting one of these and i think they are the coolest mini nest THA has.

Yep pretty cool.  I think its AAC. But are magnets strong, can't there be small gaps. Won't silicon be better.


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#6 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted November 11 2020 - 9:22 PM

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Also i would recommend these for smallish species because tarheelants makes them more compact than a cave like mini hearth, and the top expansion gives a good nesting place for a founding queen so it would actually be cool to make it like a station with a colony on the top and bottom, and plugging the holes, sorry I'm just thinking because i'm getting one of these and i think they are the coolest mini nest THA has.

Yep pretty cool.  I think its AAC. But are magnets strong, can't there be small gaps. Won't silicon be better.

 

THA nests are made to have pretty good fit with the glass so medium to small-ish ants can't fit through. Also the removable glass makes it much easier to clean the nests once it's not in us and makes it easier to move colonies out.


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I don't think these are ytong, ultracal is my guess. 


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#8 Offline AleeGuy - Posted November 11 2020 - 9:27 PM

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You can make a custom order, or seal it by yourself. What sp. you want to keep in that?

#9 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 12 2020 - 5:32 AM

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I still havent got mine yet... But it is type 1 which i AAC or Ytong. I hope you guys know AAC is another name for ytong, or aerated brick. I plan on putting a ant species in here next year but for now I'll still check it out. Ill post pictures on here possibly if my order gets here soon.


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#10 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 12 2020 - 7:09 AM

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i think these are firebrick. i saw one on the tarheelants site. it said they were made of firebrick.


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#11 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 12 2020 - 7:13 AM

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i think these are firebrick. i saw one on the tarheelants site. it said they were made of firebrick.

Oh i didn't see that. Also to add to this is that like no one has one of these, literally no one... not a single video online explaining it or even people showing a glimpse of it in a video about their ants its literally like it doesn't exist.


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i think these are firebrick. i saw one on the tarheelants site. it said they were made of firebrick.

Oh i didn't see that. Also to add to this is that like no one has one of these, literally no one... not a single video online explaining it or even people showing a glimpse of it in a video about their ants its literally like it doesn't exist.

 

it is his only firebrick nest. probably not too popular.


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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.
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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.

oh. i didn't know that. ok.


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#15 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 16 2020 - 6:39 AM

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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.

oh. i didn't know that. ok.

 

Actually looking back he calls them Ytong.


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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.

oh. i didn't know that. ok.

 

Actually looking back he calls them Ytong.

 

so they are firebrick though?


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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.

oh. i didn't know that. ok.

 

Actually looking back he calls them Ytong.

 

so they are firebrick though?

 

No. They're AAC.


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#18 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 17 2020 - 6:46 AM

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All of his Type I nests are firebrick. Type III is generally better so that is why you see more of them.

oh. i didn't know that. ok.

 

Actually looking back he calls them Ytong.

 

so they are firebrick though?

 

No. They're AAC.

 

Which is another name for Ytong. Stop confusing them.


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firebrick=/=aac

 

ytong=aac

but aac=/=ytong

ytong is a brand name, aac is what the material actually is.


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#20 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 17 2020 - 6:59 AM

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firebrick=/=aac

 

ytong=aac

but aac=/=ytong

ytong is a brand name, aac is what the material actually is.

stop confusing them? luckly i am into formicaria, so i know what you are talking about, though.


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