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How to create a formicarium DIY
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TylrsAnts
, Nov 5 2019 8:32 PM
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#1 Offline - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:32 PM
So, hello and I’m going to be starting a thread for people who are on a budget and don’t have enough money to buy formicariums. This will pretty much be a guide.
#2 Offline - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:36 PM
Formicarium Styles That I Know Of
1. Ytong/Firebrick
2. Upright dirt (think uncle Milton)
3. Naturalistic (stuff antscanda does)
4. Cork/Wood
5. Plaster
6. “Dirt Box”
7. Acrylic
8. Test tube/Tubs and tubes/Cubes and tubes
Formicarium Styles You Should Avoid (For every species)
1. Gel
Feel free to add on
1. Ytong/Firebrick
2. Upright dirt (think uncle Milton)
3. Naturalistic (stuff antscanda does)
4. Cork/Wood
5. Plaster
6. “Dirt Box”
7. Acrylic
8. Test tube/Tubs and tubes/Cubes and tubes
Formicarium Styles You Should Avoid (For every species)
1. Gel
Feel free to add on
#3 Offline - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:41 PM
Ytong/Fire brick (The principle in this video is the same for both): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=RtS9BO2PRLM
Test tube: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8edRYbn65Oo
Plaster: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=C8Ij8Bhr8FI
Naturalistic: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8S8NGb1Kyu8
Ytong (Again): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=Agp8E1w-6Vo
Test tube: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8edRYbn65Oo
Plaster: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=C8Ij8Bhr8FI
Naturalistic: https://m.youtube.co...h?v=8S8NGb1Kyu8
Ytong (Again): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=Agp8E1w-6Vo
- rbarreto and treehunned like this
#4 Offline - Posted November 5 2019 - 8:42 PM
Fire Brick (If you won’t take my word that the process is same): https://m.youtube.co...h?v=L0nOTuZ6ZaY
#5 Offline - Posted November 6 2019 - 1:24 PM
I know some styles:
Grout (Tutorial on Formiculture.)
3D printed
Bead container (Tutorial on Formiculture.)
Hydrostone (Same as grout but is generally better.)
Petri dish (Mostly for cryptic ants.)
Currently keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea
Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus nearcticus
Crematogaster cerasi
Temnothorax ambiguus
Prenolepis imparis
#6 Offline - Posted November 6 2019 - 4:39 PM
#7 Offline - Posted May 2 2020 - 5:42 PM
Here is a pretty cool video on using plaster... Have any of you tried this method with plaster? I'm thinking about giving it a go, just like in this video: any feedback would be helpful.
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