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[Ants4fun]

So there is this ant keeper that has a website ( www.liberants.com ) and a YouTube chanel. Although his website is in french, if you have Google Chrome then it will translate it for you. He has these glass formicarium that are basically glass boxes that are an inch tall. He mostly has larger ant species such as Camponotus sp. and Messer sp. It looks really neat, and his ant colonies are doing really well. What do you guys think of the formicariums?

[Nexus]

I know him . He has specialised himself in the genus Camponotus and is one of the few people in the world that keeps Messor cephalotes ! Last year he even got some princess !

He created a style of nest which follow three rules : neatness, convenience and space. I personnaly really like wht he does.

[Ants4fun]

Once I get a large colony or camponotus, I am planning to go to a glass maker and have them drill the holes and cut the glass and everything, and but white acrylic on he ground. Hoping to copy his awesome nests.

[Nexus]

Yeah these nests are great ! If you have questions, I can ask him .

[drtrmiller]

The upcoming GlassBox foraging area can be adapted to any size simply by modifying the length, width, height variables, and looks nearly identical to his complete formicariums, with a white background and white floor, and thick-walled clear material for the front, left, and right sides.  

 

Unlike his design, however, GlassBox features the best escape prevention system available in a formicarium, featuring a double-lid.  The first lid acts as a lip, where Fluon is applied to the vertical surface, and the second lid is closed, with vent holes in the middle.

Edited by drtrmiller, May 2 2015 - 10:16 AM.

[BugFinder]

I'm very interested in that modular formicarium Terry, when do you think it'll be available for purchase?

[dean_k]

Isn't Messor cephalotes the largest Messor speces? I read that it's rare and hard to get.