Jump to content

  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Pictures of Formicariums and Outworlds

photo pictures formicarium outworld

920 replies to this topic

#261 Offline Bryansant - Posted June 9 2016 - 8:17 AM

Bryansant

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 52 posts
  • LocationAustin, TX
If I have understood dspdrew's threads correctly, the sponges now hydrate a thinned circle of ceramic tile in the center of a hydrostone floor, but separated from the hydrostone via a plastic insert as hydrating the hydrostone directly was causing the hydrostone to dissolve. As I understand, this design is aimed at providing adequate humidity for Acromyrmex versicolor fungus culture.

Edited by Bryansant, June 9 2016 - 9:20 AM.


#262 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 9 2016 - 5:47 PM

dspdrew
  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

That pretty much sums it up. Glad to see you read through the details. :) I'm actually starting to make these for any ants now. I'm just going to use much smaller tile disks for less humidity.



#263 Offline Goldsystem - Posted June 9 2016 - 10:42 PM

Goldsystem

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 356 posts
  • LocationWichita Kansas
An outword I've been working on.

Attached Images

  • image.jpeg
  • image.jpeg

Edited by Goldsystem, June 9 2016 - 11:14 PM.

  • LC3, Okeedoke22, Broncos and 2 others like this

#264 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 9 2016 - 11:48 PM

dspdrew
  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

An outword I've been working on.

 

Love it.



#265 Offline Goldsystem - Posted June 10 2016 - 9:41 AM

Goldsystem

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 356 posts
  • LocationWichita Kansas
Thanks 🙂

#266 Offline Antqueen - Posted June 10 2016 - 2:42 PM

Antqueen

    Newbie

  • Members
  • Pip
  • 4 posts
  • LocationPlacentia, CA

This is my Formicarium and outworld attached.

Attached Images

  • Photo on 6-10-16 at 3.26 PM.jpg


#267 Offline Cypherf0x - Posted June 10 2016 - 3:00 PM

Cypherf0x

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 30 posts
  • LocationArlington, VA

At request I've reduced the size from 75mm to 50mm and cut down on material usage.  It cuts printing time by 2/3 and makes it much cheaper to order from an online 3d printing shop for those without printers.  Holes are just a bit over 10mm.

 

oMboXG9.jpg

 

HDYFj3A.jpg?1

 

It can actually fit inside the previous version with the acrylic cover on and be free to slide around.


Edited by Cypherf0x, June 11 2016 - 8:01 PM.

  • Jamie_Garrison likes this

All of my working design files are on Github and final optimized 3d printed items are on my Thingiverse

If you need something 3d printed I'm on 3d Hubs

All of my designs are open source licensed under CC-Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International unless otherwise noted, but it'll be a rare exception.


#268 Offline JWRay - Posted June 11 2016 - 11:39 PM

JWRay

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 31 posts
  • LocationBurbank, CA

The bottom chamber is a water tank that hydrates the hydrostone via sponges unless Drew has changed his design.

 

I see.  I did find another thread about this setup and some of drew's other work so I am starting to understand.

 

On a related note, what is the giant orange pyramid?  Looks kind of like the piloncillo I see at Mexican grocery stores.


Edited by JWRay, June 11 2016 - 11:40 PM.


#269 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 12 2016 - 12:07 AM

dspdrew
  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

On a related note, what is the giant orange pyramid?  Looks kind of like the piloncillo I see at Mexican grocery stores.

 

Those are my liquid feeders.

 

med_gallery_2_494_116287.jpg

 

http://www.formicult...ated-5-30-2016/



#270 Offline Bryansant - Posted June 23 2016 - 5:05 AM

Bryansant

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 52 posts
  • LocationAustin, TX
Wondering if anyone has experience with AntsRussia? (http://www.antsrussia.ru/#!store/znta7). The name of the company is oddly familiar. I don't see it offered on the website but the eBay seller also has a Drosophila module that attaches to the modular nests as an outworld for continuous feeding (http://m.ebay.com/itm/Ant-farm-Camponotus-module-nest-New-educational-formicarium-for-LIVE-ants-/152068473774?nav=SEARCH).

#271 Offline Bryansant - Posted June 27 2016 - 8:27 PM

Bryansant

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 52 posts
  • LocationAustin, TX

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who shares their knowledge and experience on this forum - such a fantastic resource! 

 

This is my first grout formicarium and outworld: 

 

grout formicarium

 

I followed Crystals grout formicarium guides (the Crystals Method). It's made from the display case for a phone case I purchased a while back. I used unsanded grout for the tunnel layer and sanded grout for the back layer. I'm still not convinced that the sanded grout is more "water proof" but we'll see what the wall says.

 

grout setup

 

I added a small water tower, imitating those I see in Tar Heel Ants products, and another hydration chamber lower down. I know gravity would assist in hydrating from a higher position but I was worried about too much water. Now I'm surprised at how slow the water actually moves in grout even after reading others talk about it.

 

At the moment, I'm trying to convince my Brachymyrmex that they'd like to move in. A scout made it to the opening then "stumbled" backward as if the fumes were too strong (It's been curing for a couple days already!!). And, they're such tiny ants that it's probably too spacious for them. They seem to like the tiny confines of their sand and dirt pile in the outworld of their temp plasticware setup:

 

Temp formicarium/outworld

 

And here is my outworld:
 
Grout outworld
 
It's modeled after the clean look of dspdrew's BoxBox formicariums and outworlds (Dspdrew Style), though with a grout floor and without precision tools. OK, one precision tool: step bits are amazing! Thank you so much for that time-saving-and-frustration-avoiding tip to drilling clean holes in plastic!

Edited by Bryansant, June 27 2016 - 8:30 PM.

  • CrazyLegs and John7429 like this

#272 Offline Bryansant - Posted July 7 2016 - 5:39 PM

Bryansant

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 52 posts
  • LocationAustin, TX
Sandbox formicarium (variation on a theme):

Small dirt box formicarium - finished

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Cheers dspdrew!

The innards:

Small dirt box formicarium innards 2

This formicarium is now residence of my Brachymyrmex colony (which still needs species ID. Takers?: http://www.formicult...2016/?p=36785 )
ID'd as B. patagonicus.

Edited by Bryansant, July 26 2016 - 12:23 PM.

  • John7429 likes this

#273 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted October 31 2016 - 11:04 AM

AntsBrazil

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 260 posts
  • LocationRio de Janeiro - Brazil

This is my first post in this forum, I'm new to ant keeping decided to make a founding formicaria for my Camponotus rufipes.

My hydration system didn't work very well so I'm in the process of making it work ^^ could use some ideas.

 

hoDJZKM.jpg

 

 

 

5tXbckf.jpg

 

7TOkuQY.jpg

 

 

MzCRXNW.jpg


Edited by JPSMedeiros, October 31 2016 - 11:04 AM.

Owner of:

 

Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

 

 

 


#274 Offline T.C. - Posted October 31 2016 - 12:11 PM

T.C.

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,100 posts

Looks good, I assume you just drilled a hole near the tunnel and stuck a tube don't it. And you pour water through that to hydrate it? To make it more wet I would add some more holes in the back as well to hydrate it.


Edited by T.C., October 31 2016 - 12:11 PM.


#275 Offline Canadian anter - Posted October 31 2016 - 12:19 PM

Canadian anter

    Vendor

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,557 posts
  • LocationToronto,Canada
That woulwould e AWESOME for myrmecocystus
Visit us at www.canada-ant-colony.com !

#276 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted October 31 2016 - 12:27 PM

AntsBrazil

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 260 posts
  • LocationRio de Janeiro - Brazil

I don't want to make it too wet so the ant's can choose, but I think that I'll drill one or two more holes after this queen moves out.


Owner of:

 

Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

 

 

 


#277 Offline 1000101011 - Posted December 11 2016 - 8:11 AM

1000101011

    Member

  • Members
  • PipPip
  • 19 posts

made out off a tic tac box and some plaster of paris

 

DSC_0089_zps26r8jrpm.jpg


  • Jonathan21700, CrazyLegs, Broncos and 1 other like this

#278 Offline Saftron - Posted December 11 2016 - 9:11 AM

Saftron

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 153 posts
  • LocationFremont, California

Cool. I want to try that!



#279 Offline 1000101011 - Posted December 11 2016 - 9:16 AM

1000101011

    Member

  • Members
  • PipPip
  • 19 posts

Cool. I want to try that!

it's a bit small but probably great for a queen and her nanitics  also it's horizontal, vertical and upside down as i made chambers in every side. 



#280 Offline Shareallicu - Posted January 1 2017 - 4:03 PM

Shareallicu

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 202 posts

Here are some of mine: 

DSC04934_zpsc1f3d1bb.jpg

DSC04861_zps3f8f2b2b.jpg

DSC04857_zps2be48353.jpg

DSC04854_zps89822f5e.jpg

DSC04801_zps82b1a740.jpg

DSC04769_zps9447f89d.jpg

DSC06120_zpsdb9cde11.jpg

DSC05058_zps4c505b1c.jpg

 

Nice alternative to a test tube if you are boosting:

DSC05039_zps9d4e895c.jpg

 

Mine are all made from grout, I have a how to build thread here: http://forum.formicu...ut-formicarium/

How did you make the last one?  The queens chamber!?







Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: photo, pictures, formicarium, outworld

3 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 3 guests, 0 anonymous users