48 replies to this topic

[Jonathan5608]

Tetras are pretty easy to keep. Hopefully you’ll have a successful colony

[asim]

They arrived at about 2pm an hour before I leave school. My mom checked to see if they are alive and they are. The nanitics are so much smaller compared to the normal workers I saw in Minnesota.






They are not excepting food so I don't know what to do. They are specifically not eating honey soaked apple pieces. Should I be concerned. Or should I offer them protein first. Please help

[ANTdrew]

Tiny colonies like this eat very little, but they respond much more to protein than sugars.

[asim]

Thank you they are excepting food now. I will send photos this evening

[100lols]

I always start with a tiny drop of nectar/sugar water and small fruit fly or tiny slice of superworm/mealworm, cricket or roach legs, or sometimes I catch mosquitoes, etc.

Depends on the size of the ants

[asim]

The ants are doing great she lost some nanitics but is about to gain more workers.

[asim]

All most at 15 workers now with tons of large larvae and pupae. It was getting hard to open their testube so I gave them a tubs and tubes setup for now.

[asim]

Here are some pics that I forgot to upload yesterday. One is of a dead worker under my microscope.

[asim]

Colony nearing 20 workers they are doing great.