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#1 Offline 1tsm3jack - Posted September 30 2024 - 10:47 AM

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I have an extra 10 gallon fish tank that I was thinking of using for a natural formicarium, does anyone know if there are any companies that make lids for tanks that have a lip for fluon application, but then there is a rectangle cut out in the center, so you can feed and apply more fluon as needed. Another option would be just to use the tank as an outworld, but then I would have to have the lid have a small hole in the corner for the tubing, as well as figure out how to make the tubing not to steep so that the ants can still climb it.



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I am in the process of making my own 10 gal formicarium, and I am planning on adding fluon to the sides, and covering the top with 100 micron mesh, and cutting a hole in the middle as a way to feed them. As for companies that make lids, sadly I don't know of any. Hope this helps.


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#3 Offline 1tsm3jack - Posted September 30 2024 - 11:21 AM

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I am in the process of making my own 10 gal formicarium, and I am planning on adding fluon to the sides, and covering the top with 100 micron mesh, and cutting a hole in the middle as a way to feed them. As for companies that make lids, sadly I don't know of any. Hope this helps.

whenever you have finished I would love to see.



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I am in the process of making my own 10 gal formicarium, and I am planning on adding fluon to the sides, and covering the top with 100 micron mesh, and cutting a hole in the middle as a way to feed them. As for companies that make lids, sadly I don't know of any. Hope this helps.

whenever you have finished I would love to see.

 

Of course. I will be buying the mesh soon.


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I keep:

Pogonomyrmex Rugosus journal
Myrmecocystus Deplisis journal
Monomorium ergatogyn Journal

And many Carnivorous plants such as:

Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) 

 

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

I will become the #1 top poster


#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 30 2024 - 11:38 AM

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Go to a hobby store and buy a big poster frame with flexible plastic instead of glass. Cut this plastic with scissors to fit your needs and glue it to the rim with silicone.
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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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#6 Offline 1tsm3jack - Posted September 30 2024 - 11:41 AM

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Go to a hobby store and buy a big poster frame with flexible plastic instead of glass. Cut this plastic with scissors to fit your needs and glue it to the rim with silicone.

Could I cut it with like a cardboard cutter or something similar? As i will need to cut out the center.



#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 30 2024 - 11:50 AM

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This material is soft enough to cut with scissors once you start a hole in the middle.
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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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#8 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 30 2024 - 12:10 PM

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An acrylic sheet like this from Menard's could work too and be cheaper. Possibly using a jigsaw with a blade like this or some other form of saw with a plastic blade could work. This allows for the most accurate cut.


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