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Condensation .. do I need to go in there, or will it dry?

Started By Lillyrose , Mar 19 2021 7:37 AM

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#1 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 19 2021 - 7:37 AM

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My heating wire slipped and ended up under the water tube .. all the ants are running away (duh) so I guess that's one way to get to see them lol.

http://imgur.com/a/9S812mi

My question is .. do I need to take the tube out and dry it? Maybe change the cotton? Or with the removal of the heat will it dry out and be ok after a little while?

Edited by Lillyrose, March 19 2021 - 8:39 AM.

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 19 2021 - 8:31 AM

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The link is broken first of all, but I’d say yes, or else your ants may drown.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 19 2021 - 8:40 AM

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Manitobant, on 19 Mar 2021 - 4:31 PM, said:

The link is broken first of all, but I’d say yes, or else your ants may drown.

I fixed it .. you can't really see anything anyway though ..

They all left the tube so I'm not worried about them drowning. They have plenty of places to chill rather than go back in. My only thought is will it dry out again on its own? Or is it ruined once it does that and I need to take it out and redo it?

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 19 2021 - 8:50 AM

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If they left the tube I’d change it so you don’t have to at a later date (if its an old tube)

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#5 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 19 2021 - 8:52 AM

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Lol it's brand new actually

I'm just a clumsy dummie

#6 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 19 2021 - 11:27 AM

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So I went to check and it turns out it has only a single drop of water. I dried it.

Turned out the reason they all ran out was an attack by the queen colony. I had tried to merge the ones with a queen with the ones without a queen and it .. it backfired .. badly :-(