Does anyone know off hand which vendor sells sand or substrate for formicariums? I need to buy some, and I can't seem to find any. Thanks.
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, Apr 27 2020 4:58 PM
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Posted April 27 2020 - 4:58 PM
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Posted April 27 2020 - 5:03 PM
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It's cheaper to just buy from a store, not a specific ant vendor.
You can use very fine desert quartz sand, playground sand, etc.
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Posted April 27 2020 - 7:02 PM
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Do you think this would work good? https://www.amazon.c...8042866&sr=8-15
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Posted April 27 2020 - 7:06 PM
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It would work purely for decoration in a thin layer of an outworld.
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or maybe this one: https://www.amazon.c...88048566&sr=8-3
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Posted April 27 2020 - 9:02 PM
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What are you trying to use the sand for?
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Posted April 28 2020 - 3:38 AM
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Why not just go old school and gather some from a natural area? I found a good sandy clay by a stream bank in a nature park to fill my dirt box, and my Formica love it.
I’m “fortunate” enough that clay is the predominant soil type in my area. Good for ant farms, but a PITA for everything else.
I’m “fortunate” enough that clay is the predominant soil type in my area. Good for ant farms, but a PITA for everything else.
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Posted April 28 2020 - 5:16 AM
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I prefer sand in my outworlds, yet there really isn't that much around here.......... 
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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