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[soulsynapse]

Assuming I don't want to make an 'anting room', what's the best way to keep my ants at a constant say 90-95f?

[noobkeeper]

It depends on what are your skills.

The fastest and easiest way is to buy a heating cable/mat and put your formicarium on it. With nothing that you won't be able to fine tune the temperature, so it will be better to provide your ants with a temperature gradient.

What I suggest (and also what I'm starting and planning on doing) is to take a styrofoam box and put a resistor inside it. Wire up the resistor to a thermostat and you can fine tune the temperature. Then put the formicarium inside the box and it will have its own heated atmosphere.

[Works4TheGood]

Here's how I did it:  http://www.formicult...e-new-colonies/

Edited by Works4TheGood, February 19 2017 - 10:49 AM.

[Martialis]

What kind of ants are you keeping that like 90 Fahrenheit?!

[soulsynapse]

Here's how I did it:  http://www.formicult...e-new-colonies/

 

Cheers, I figure an incubator type set up would be best

 

I might buy a 'clear door' refridgerator and do something similar-- less heat dissapation

[soulsynapse]

What kind of ants are you keeping that like 90 Fahrenheit?!

 

Desert ants!

[Martialis]

I assumed they'd be from a warmer climate, but don't they nest underground to get away from those temperatures?

[Works4TheGood]

If my data is correct, I'd say that you're on the right track.  It looks like you'll probably want a nesting temperature gradient of roughly 83 to 95.  I'd just set the thermostat at 90 and see how things go from there.