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Any accessories an ant keeper should have?

Started By cooIboyJ , Mar 4 2024 5:11 PM
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#41 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:14 PM

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Also make sure to get a heating cable and when you get it don't place it directly on the tube to prevent condensation.


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#42 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:15 PM

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My brother will be getting a heating cable soon and for now we have been using a heating mat


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The ants go marching.

 

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#43 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:16 PM

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Make sure there is no condensation on the tube. and make sure it does not drop under 78 degrees.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#44 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:18 PM

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ok 


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The ants go marching.

 

Currently keeping:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Nylanderia vividula

Forelius pruinosus

#45 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:19 PM

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The optimal temps are 79 and up


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#46 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:19 PM

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ok, but I don't think we can tell the temp. So its been on low


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The ants go marching.

 

Currently keeping:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Nylanderia vividula

Forelius pruinosus

#47 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:21 PM

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You can just feel it but make sure it does not get to hot. But if it gets a little to hot it should be fine as fire ants are known to survive in temps of 100 and up.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#48 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:22 PM

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Just a tip make a whole journal on this colony and you can post any questions on their.


Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#49 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:41 PM

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ok


The ants go marching.

 

Currently keeping:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Nylanderia vividula

Forelius pruinosus

#50 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 8 2024 - 9:52 AM

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We think the queen has some brood now.


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The ants go marching.

 

Currently keeping:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Nylanderia vividula

Forelius pruinosus

#51 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 8 2024 - 11:02 AM

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Yes!


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

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