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New Natural Nest!

Started By Alabama Anter , Mar 16 2017 11:40 AM
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#1 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 11:40 AM

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All these plants were wild collected! Hope you like it!
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#2 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 11:49 AM

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Not enough depth to the setup. You should add some higher standing hardscape items to make it better. If you're interested in aquascaping, you'll know what I mean
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#3 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 11:52 AM

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Yeah I agree. I ran out of soil, and this is for a smallish colony anyways.


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#4 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:15 PM

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Yeah I agree. I ran out of soil, and this is for a smallish colony anyways.

You could put several peaceful species together. Or several colonies of one peaceful species such as Temnothorax, leptothorax or any of the ponerines such as Stigmatomma
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#5 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:16 PM

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Thanks!


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#6 Offline drtrmiller - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:21 PM

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I don't have much of a green thumb to begin with, but I've always found care for mosses to be particularly difficult in a formicarium. Those will probably brown and die or rot very quickly if kept indoors without sufficient sunlight, ventilation, or regular misting with distilled water.

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#7 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:23 PM

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My room has great ventilation, I have artificial lights (these moss tends to like the shade), and I water them with purified water. This is day 6 of the nest by the way.


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#8 Offline thosaka - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:54 PM

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Is there a possibility you could bring in mites?

#9 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 16 2017 - 12:57 PM

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Is there a possibility you could bring in mites?

Yes, there is a possibility. The sand and soil were heat treated, but not the plants.


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