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[POLL] Do you keep your established colonies uncovered?

Started By soulsynapse , Mar 15 2017 12:59 PM

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Poll: Do you keep your established colonies uncovered? (26 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you keep your established colonies uncovered?

Yes, 24/7 (15 votes [57.69%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 57.69%
Yes, only during the day (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
Yes, but only if they're in natural nests (2 votes [7.69%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 7.69%
No, I keep them covered when I'm not looking at them (9 votes [34.62%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 34.62%

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#1 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 15 2017 - 12:59 PM

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Established colony being one that is no longer in a test tube

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#2 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted March 15 2017 - 1:27 PM

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well my omniest is in light 24/7 (not sun light)

all my anttopia nests are on my shelf with the nests in the shadows with red film on them

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#3 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 15 2017 - 5:54 PM

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I have a natural nest that I keep in the light for 12 hours.

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#4 Offline Superant33 - Posted March 15 2017 - 8:59 PM

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I keep my honey pot ants displayed 24/7. They don't mind light. Sometimes I want a better view and I grab my flashlight and magnifying glass. They could care less. The queens get slightly annoyed, but they never panic. My C. sayi stay covered. My queen Camponotus go nuts when exposed to light.

#5 Offline Roachant - Posted March 16 2017 - 1:04 PM

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My tetramorium go nuts when I take the red cellophane off.

#6 Offline noebl1 - Posted March 16 2017 - 2:05 PM

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My tetramorium go nuts when I take the red cellophane off.

My Tetramorium do too. I found I can keep the red clear acrylic sheet over them and they seem ok with partial or no dark paper over them. However if I remove the red sheet, they get pretty stressed out.