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Posted November 4 2020 - 2:59 PM
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Haha just dump them in its mouth.just get an alligator. pretty sure that number will go down pretty fast.
I'm really afraid for when my Veros get big. I don't have the money for a formicarium that fits 100000000000000000000000000000 ants. I need more carnivorous plants.
Wait...what if I feed them to fish? Them I'm not killing them really and it's just nature. Are their any fish that eat 10000000000000000000 ants?
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:07 PM
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All my fears are going away. I just need an alligator. 
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:28 PM
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Hum I have goldfish too got me thinking.
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:43 PM
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I'm considering getting a tropical pitcher plant... that way can feed ants sugars AND feed the plant excess workers. But since I don't have a large enough outworld anywhere I'm not sure how to do it without having ants everywhere....
Formiculture Journals::
Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola
Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)
Tetramorium sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis
Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus
Spoods: Phidippus sp.
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:45 PM
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"OMG, help me decide what water beast I should add to my giant naturalistic ant terrarium"
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:46 PM
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10 videos later he actually shows you what it is.
Edited by M_Ants, November 4 2020 - 3:47 PM.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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Posted November 4 2020 - 3:54 PM
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I think it depends greatly as to which methodology is best for colony limitation. Certainly, if the colony is already at a substantial size, they can happily handle fluctuations in food and will accommodate the colony to that. This is what they would be forced to do in the wild. Obviously, this isn't going to apply to anything beyond generalist spp. and it will be specific to the species even in that case. Desert spp. routinely deal with food droughts, and will likely survive them. Ants from a rainforest probably wouldn't handle the situation so well.
It's probably best to provide unlimited carbohydrates and just limit protein intake. This way, no adult ant will starve, but you can indirectly control how many new workers are being born into the colony. Not sure how this would play out in ants that are more reliant on larvae for food processing though, they may collapse with this method.
TL;DR: Every species is going to need an individualistic approach to colony size limitation.
Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Pheidole pilifera
Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi
Pheidole bicarinata
Aphaenogaster rudis
Camponotus chromaiodes
Formica sp. (microgena species)
Nylanderia cf. arenivega
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