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Post by msi on Feb 14, 2012 16:52:27 GMT
I was wondering if anyone could give me advice or show me pictures, of how you feed your ants sugar/honey water and also just regular water.
Also I was wondering the test tubes that the ants arrived in, the water is low, what should I do? Leave it or try move them into a new nest?
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Post by Jenny on Feb 14, 2012 17:04:35 GMT
Our honey is watered down into a thin syrupy consistancy so the ants don't stick into it. We keep it in a separate small bottle with a nozzle ready to use. Most of the time we place it onto damp cotton wool held by a small bottle cap like you get on a pop bottle? If you give it to the ants without the cotton wool, only give a minute drop and to the larger species only. The small ones like Pheidole will drown in it. If you feel the need in the summer you can use a fine mist spray to lightly spray the side of the tank, nothing heavy. It is always best to try and move them into a set-up as soon as you can. Test tubes always suffer mold eventually, especially if the water isn't refreshed. Hope this helps, somebody else will add their thoughts too
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Post by IceWhyte on Feb 14, 2012 17:34:31 GMT
I was wondering if anyone could give me advice or show me pictures, of how you feed your ants sugar/honey water and also just regular water. Also I was wondering the test tubes that the ants arrived in, the water is low, what should I do? Leave it or try move them into a new nest? A lot of people just use test tubes to provide water and also honey/sugar water. Just fill the test tubes up with the liquid and push a cotton ball in until the it soaks up the liquid. If your current test tube runs out of water I would make a new one test tube enclosure and gently tip the ants into it.
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Post by msi on Feb 14, 2012 22:11:17 GMT
Thanks for advice this will help me a lot, I have a set up but they don't move out of the test tube or forage at all. so at the moment I got them in a container(container that I buy my crickets for my gecko) and they seem to be doing really well and numbers are increasing.
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