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[Saltynuts]

I've got a couple of very small colonies that will soon be to the point where I want to move them out of their test tube setup into something kind of cool, i.e. build my own formicarium.  Can we all try and contribute to what items/materials that might be useful?  Both the containers to use, and the substrate or what not to fill them with?  

 

For example, I know you can use plaster of paris.  Pros I believe - cheap.  Cons I believe - heavy.  Not transparent of course.

 

I've also read people mention hydrostone, but have no idea how it works.

 

Links to clear containers that fit inside other clear containers with a little space in between the walls so ants can nest in dirt there and be viable would be helpful.

 

Anything and everything that might help build a sweet formicarium!

 

Thanks!

[ultraex2]

Have you seen this thread yet?

http://www.formicult...rchasing-guide/

 

That should help a lot.  I've been making several of my own formicariums lately by milling out plastic decking - here's a picture of one 

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For Hydrostone, I believe it's just an absorbent material that you can place that sort of acts like a sponge but is hard like a rock.

Edited by ultraex2, June 28 2017 - 9:32 AM.