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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:18 PM
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Hello, I have made some hydrostone formicariums and I wanted to see what people thought of them. You may post your CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. And use these as inspiration.
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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:19 PM
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Pics?
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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:22 PM
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This one is a founding one. That tube is a makeshift nest mate. There is a water tower underneath it.
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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:23 PM
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Looks cool.
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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:23 PM
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Posted June 27 2021 - 4:31 PM
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This is another founding one but much smaller and only suitable for small species. They is a container on the bottom with a sponge wick leading into a sponge circle that is surrounded by a small slice of tubing to stop all of the hydrostone getting wet.
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Posted June 27 2021 - 10:07 PM
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Better than anything I would ever make
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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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus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.
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.
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Posted June 28 2021 - 5:02 AM
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Thank you but it took a lot of screw ups
Thank you but it took a lot of screw ups
Thank you but it took a lot of screw ups
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Posted June 28 2021 - 11:57 AM
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Deep formicariums are difficult to photograph. That's my only criticism.
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Posted June 28 2021 - 4:10 PM
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Posted July 1 2021 - 8:48 AM
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Not sure if this qualifies as a hydrostone formicaruim. This is a digging nest hydrated through a hydrostone hill that has a water duct filled with cotton.
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Posted July 1 2021 - 8:54 AM
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that looks good for cryptics
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Posted July 1 2021 - 8:55 AM
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I don’t have any 
I was kinda thinking that lol
I was kinda thinking that lol
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Posted July 12 2021 - 9:48 AM
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I am too lazy to hydrate a normal Petrie dish formicaruim every 3 days so I came up with this.
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Posted July 25 2021 - 7:41 AM
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I used the founding nest for a tetra queen. It’s worked well so far!
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Posted July 25 2021 - 10:18 AM
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Looks ideal.
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Posted July 26 2021 - 11:19 AM
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It took me a little while but I finished my antpartment! Tell me if you approve ANTdrew. There are two entrance holes and duel water towers so I can hydrate the nest according to species. I also drilled a hole in the back for additional humidity thanks for the idea ANTdrew!
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Posted July 26 2021 - 11:31 AM
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Well done, grasshopper! Where did you find the container?
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Posted July 26 2021 - 1:54 PM
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I got it from a relative in Florida who saw me looking at it. I think they found it the “the container store”
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Posted September 5 2021 - 2:16 PM
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I did it, well at least I tried. I finally finished my mini hearth style nest. It’s definitely not the best but it’ll work well with larger species.
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