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what's a good founding formicarium for carebera diversa?

Started By DerpyTurtle , Jun 13 2021 1:27 AM

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#1 Offline DerpyTurtle - Posted June 13 2021 - 1:27 AM

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I got two asian marauder ant queens in the recent nuptial flight season and was wondering what would be a good formicarium for them
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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 1:30 AM

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Take a small container, fill it with soil, and that's it. The queen digs her own home, she's happy, everything is good! Don't disturb her. Just give the setup a spray of clean water every 3 days to hydrate it and keep it moist.

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YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline DerpyTurtle - Posted June 13 2021 - 1:46 AM

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Take a small container, fill it with soil, and that's it. The queen digs her own home, she's happy, everything is good! Don't disturb her. Just give the setup a spray of clean water every 3 days to hydrate it and keep it moist.

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I was hoping for a soil-less setup if that were possible
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#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 1:48 AM

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Take a small container, fill it with soil, and that's it. The queen digs her own home, she's happy, everything is good! Don't disturb her. Just give the setup a spray of clean water every 3 days to hydrate it and keep it moist.

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I was hoping for a soil-less setup if that were possible
They need soil or else they will not succeed. Soil is the key to success in the long run and is especially important for founding.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 1:58 AM

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Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same. 

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#6 Offline DerpyTurtle - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:02 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.



I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh

#7 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:03 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.


I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh
Just move em out if they don't have eggs. Test tubes should be used strictly for transportation only!

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#8 Offline DerpyTurtle - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:04 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.

I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh
Just move em out if they don't have eggs. Test tubes should be used strictly for transportation only!

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They both have small clusters of eggs

#9 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:09 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.

I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh
Just move em out if they don't have eggs. Test tubes should be used strictly for transportation only!

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
They both have small clusters of eggs
Then add soil into the test tube, just a little bit! They should found ok. Move them out when workers arrive. 25 days

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#10 Offline DerpyTurtle - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:16 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.

I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh
Just move em out if they don't have eggs. Test tubes should be used strictly for transportation only!

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
They both have small clusters of eggs
Then add soil into the test tube, just a little bit! They should found ok. Move them out when workers arrive. 25 days

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Wait what type of soil? I've never had a species that required soil before

#11 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:26 AM

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For example,




Usually the queen digs at the side or bottom like in the pictures above. So you can still check on her. The queen is affinis btw however the founding is the same.

I currently already have them both in test tubes so uh

Just move em out if they don't have eggs. Test tubes should be used strictly for transportation only!

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk

They both have small clusters of eggs

Then add soil into the test tube, just a little bit! They should found ok. Move them out when workers arrive. 25 days

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk


Wait what type of soil? I've never had a species that required soil before

Gardening soil or a clay type soil

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#12 Offline Leo - Posted June 13 2021 - 4:13 AM

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most soils are ok. You can use coco-peat or stuff like clay based substrate (basically just soil outside)


#13 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted June 13 2021 - 3:06 PM

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Idk if Carebara need soil but if they do you can just add some to their test tubes. The visibility will prob be better and you won't have to water it.


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