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Heating fails - noob question

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Oct 29 2019 5:52 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted October 29 2019 - 5:52 PM

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I just finally got set up with heating materials for my colonies, just in time for winter.... (Since half my colonies remain active in winter this is actually useful, lol.)

I had a sad disaster recently where I had put in a bit of dirt in a formicarium, then added heating, and the queen got stuck in condensation and died.

I've heard of test tubes flooding from cable overheating.

I've read Amazon.com reviews of heating cables shorting out or pretty much catching on fire.

What other disasters can happen from heating? What has worked for you or failed spectacularly?

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#2 Offline Kalidas - Posted October 29 2019 - 6:02 PM

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Well last year I was keeping leaf cutter ants and I had not bought heating pads yet. So I was using a human heating pad(like for sore muscles) and put on the setups I had directly on the top of the pad and the fungus died out in one night. The other ants who were just near it did very well.

So if you're ant are temperature sensitive be careful