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Test tubes or founding formicaria?

Started By Spazmops , Aug 31 2020 8:21 AM

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Poll: Test tubes or founding formicaria? (18 member(s) have cast votes)

Test tubes or formicaria?

  1. Test tubes (6 votes [33.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. Formicaria (1 votes [5.56%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.56%

  3. Both (11 votes [61.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 61.11%

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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 31 2020 - 8:21 AM

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Do you antkeepers prefer to use test tube setups or founding formicaria like the THA inception chamber or minihearth? 


Edited by Spazmops, August 31 2020 - 8:36 AM.

Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server. 

Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 31 2020 - 8:27 AM

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THA and founding formicaria when I can afford it. Mostly test tubes though as they are cheap and easy to make.


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 31 2020 - 8:37 AM

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THA and founding formicaria when I can afford it. Mostly test tubes though as they are cheap and easy to make.

I made a poll option for that, sorry I didn't have one in the first place.


Edited by Spazmops, August 31 2020 - 8:40 AM.

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Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server. 

Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#4 Offline MrOdontomachus - Posted August 31 2020 - 9:52 AM

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I use test tubes then slightly larger founding chambers, then full-size nests.


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