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[Unfrozen]

I want to put my colony in a tubs and tubes setup but at the moment I cannot buy fluon what at home materials can I use to make a barrier

[Psythe]

Pretty sure that baby powder mixed with rubbing alcohol should work.

[Kaelwizard]

Olive oil. Don’t know if that is enough for tetras though.

[Antennal_Scrobe]

In my experience, olive oil works temporarily but is generally a messy and unsafe way to contain ants. Tetramorium are terrible climbers, so any barrier would most likely work.

[ANTdrew]

In my experience, olive oil works temporarily but is generally a messy and unsafe way to contain ants. Tetramorium are terrible climbers, so any barrier would most likely work.

Yeah, I second this. They’re really not that hard to contain. If you feed them a lot, they hardly even try to escape. Fluon is worth it if you can get.