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Post by 1moldavite on Jun 20, 2019 10:54:33 GMT
I have just ordered a Manica Rubida Queen,what I would like is some advice I intend to keep her test tube in a small container and to leave the test tube open so the Queen can go and get some food,also hopefully leave the leftovers outside of the test tube or would I be better just putting food in the test tube for her and leaving the cotton wool in to block the exit,any advice would be appreciated,I just wanted to keep a species on ants that was totally different then my other species of ants.
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Post by jeoff82 on Jun 20, 2019 19:30:05 GMT
I have just ordered a Manica Rubida Queen,what I would like is some advice I intend to keep her test tube in a small container and to leave the test tube open so the Queen can go and get some food,also hopefully leave the leftovers outside of the test tube or would I be better just putting food in the test tube for her and leaving the cotton wool in to block the exit,any advice would be appreciated,I just wanted to keep a species on ants that was totally different then my other species of ants. I think most people have had difficulty keeping this species as the queens are easily stressed out. They don't like disturbances and I doubt they like light so all that would need to be kept to a minimum. I would provide an outworld so the queen can forage. I would think about the test tube exit size as I would try and keep it as small as possible for the queen to enter and exit. I don't think I have ever seen anyone keep a colony long before it runs into problems mostly from the foundation stage. Hope it goes well for you. |
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Post by 1moldavite on Jun 20, 2019 23:20:34 GMT
I have just ordered a Manica Rubida Queen,what I would like is some advice I intend to keep her test tube in a small container and to leave the test tube open so the Queen can go and get some food,also hopefully leave the leftovers outside of the test tube or would I be better just putting food in the test tube for her and leaving the cotton wool in to block the exit,any advice would be appreciated,I just wanted to keep a species on ants that was totally different then my other species of ants. I think most people have had difficulty keeping this species as the queens are easily stressed out. They don't like disturbances and I doubt they like light so all that would need to be kept to a minimum. I would provide an outworld so the queen can forage. I would think about the test tube exit size as I would try and keep it as small as possible for the queen to enter and exit. I don't think I have ever seen anyone keep a colony long before it runs into problems mostly from the foundation stage. Hope it goes well for you. Thanks,although it will be difficult to keep clean I intend to have lots of ground cover for them,likes pieces of bark so she can feel more hidden even when foraging. |
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Post by 1moldavite on Jun 23, 2019 22:25:28 GMT
I think that this would be a good set up for the Queen once she has about 50-100 workers
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Post by 1moldavite on Jun 25, 2019 8:49:33 GMT
They still haven't shipped my Queen ant,I've used a company not listed on the site list,I'm a bit dubious now as I used them once before when I ordered a nest and a bit of decorative wood but it never arrived,I did receive a refund though,just thought I'd give them a second chance.
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Post by 1moldavite on Jun 25, 2019 10:11:36 GMT
Much to my surprise I received the Queen 10 minutes ago,yet on the site it still says processing your order,as soon as I took out the test tube from the packaging she was very active,she as a pile of eggs and a few larvae,I placed a chopped up mealworm in the test tube and sealed the test tube back up with cotton wool,I am expecting a small plastic fish tank to be delivered in the next couple of days,which I intend to drill a large hole in for future tubed expansions,then temporary blocking the hole and placing her test tube in the tank and a bit of substrate.
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