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How To Dump Your Ants From Testubes?

Started By JamesJohnson , Aug 20 2021 4:53 PM
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#1 Offline JamesJohnson - Posted August 20 2021 - 4:53 PM

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This might seem a bit dumb of a question, but how do you dump your ants from test tubes? Whenever I try to dump, the ants always stick to the cotton/sponge water barrier, resulting in me having to do it by hand (or in this case, forcep), which is tedious with smaller species of ants.


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#2 Offline KadinB - Posted August 20 2021 - 4:57 PM

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This might seem a bit dumb of a question, but how do you dump your ants from test tubes? Whenever I try to dump, the ants always stick to the cotton/sponge water barrier, resulting in me having to do it by hand (or well, forcep), which is hard (or well, more specifically more tedious) with smaller species of ants.

tilt the test tube up side down and some fall out but the rest of the colony and brood will still be there. I then hit the test tube and you gotta have a good grip. Then they all go in. Sometimes the test tube may leak but be careful. If there is still brood sitting there just use a q-tip to get the remaining brood out. Make sure you fluff out the q-tip a bit to it won’t squish the brood. I dump them into a plastic container with baby power around it.


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#3 Offline AleeGuy - Posted August 20 2021 - 5:26 PM

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Shake harder!

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#4 Offline futurebird - Posted August 20 2021 - 6:22 PM

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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 20 2021 - 7:11 PM

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Just hold the test tube upside down and slap the sh*t out of the side of it.
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#6 Offline yaboiseth - Posted August 20 2021 - 7:23 PM

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Just hold the test tube upside down and slap the sh*t out of the side of it.

I second this, I smack the holy hell out of the test tube lol.  :lol:


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#7 Offline KadinB - Posted August 20 2021 - 7:44 PM

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Just hold the test tube upside down and slap the sh*t out of the side of it.

hahhahh lmao that’s a easier way of saying what I said lmao!


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#8 Offline JamesJohnson - Posted August 20 2021 - 7:51 PM

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Shake harder!

And I thought I was shaking hard. Worked like a charm regardless.


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#9 Offline FSTP - Posted August 21 2021 - 1:25 AM

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#10 Offline JCRHJM - Posted August 21 2021 - 6:43 AM

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Would the violent shaking/slapping be detrimental to the brood? I'm considering this for one of my rhytidoponera colonies


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#11 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted August 21 2021 - 6:51 AM

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For the few workers sticking to the cotton with water,  I usually disturb them with a chopstick to get them to move to the sides of the tube or fall off. I then flick the tube a lot.


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#12 Offline Formiga - Posted August 28 2021 - 12:14 PM

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This video has some good tips for moving them between test tubes without dumping them:

 


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