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[PaigeX]

This post really exploded not going to lie. When making acrylic nest, would people want all acrylic to be transparent, or colored like aus ants?

I like some clear and some colour transparent. I do like the looks of Ausants nests. 

[ANTdrew]

What about the forcefields, though?

[PaigeX]

What about the forcefields, though?

give it another 20 years and you should have your forcefields 

[OiledOlives]

I'd like a nest that's modular, connected perfectly to a huge outworld with magnets, normal nest chambers, and totally free. I'd also like the outworld lid to be easily opened, unlike many  outworlds we have on the market today. The substrate on the outworld should be pretty sand with decorations such as small rocks and fake plants. Tubing should fit perfectly into the ports so that even the smallest species cannot escape. The plaster used to make the nest should be incredibly hard yet easy to hydrate so that even destructive ants such as S. molesta group and T. caespitum group cannot escape. The glass on the nests should be perfectly cut to fit every modular piece and should be very clear. Plaster should have some sort of sand coating. Should mimic nests of ants that are found in the wild with one style for each of the common ground nesting genera we have here in Virginia. Hydration should be similar to the water tower except the plaster goes up to the edge of the mesh so ants cannot escape. Nests should be painted shiny colors. They should also be totally free in order to provide wonderful nests to the community. In fact, the seller should acquire export permits for Formica aserva, obscuripes, and obscuriventris and other cool ants and include colonies that are well past the founding stage in the same shipment as the nests. Unfortunately, this will never happen and is all a joke. 

[antsriondel]

I'd like a nest that's modular, connected perfectly to a huge outworld with magnets, normal nest chambers, and totally free. I'd also like the outworld lid to be easily opened, unlike many  outworlds we have on the market today. The substrate on the outworld should be pretty sand with decorations such as small rocks and fake plants. Tubing should fit perfectly into the ports so that even the smallest species cannot escape. The plaster used to make the nest should be incredibly hard yet easy to hydrate so that even destructive ants such as S. molesta group and T. caespitum group cannot escape. The glass on the nests should be perfectly cut to fit every modular piece and should be very clear. Plaster should have some sort of sand coating. Should mimic nests of ants that are found in the wild with one style for each of the common ground nesting genera we have here in Virginia. Hydration should be similar to the water tower except the plaster goes up to the edge of the mesh so ants cannot escape. Nests should be painted shiny colors. They should also be totally free in order to provide wonderful nests to the community. In fact, the seller should acquire export permits for Formica aserva, obscuripes, and obscuriventris and other cool ants and include colonies that are well past the founding stage in the same shipment as the nests. Unfortunately, this will never happen and is all a joke. 

if only

[ANTdrew]

It takes a lot of time, money, and resources to make a company.

[AntBoi3030]

Can I get a friends discount ?

[ANTdrew]

What are flordia queens?

[antsriondel]

What are flordia queens?

I think he meant Florida queens

[ANTdrew]

Plaster nests are superior for basically all ants.

[Skwiggledork]

What about the forcefields, though?

What if we took those magnetic levitating plant pots and just slapped a formicarium on it? lol

[ANTdrew]

I think you’re on to something, Skwiggle!

[PaigeX]

Something like this that has all the nesting chambers go around the whole thing. So you can see ants no matter what way its facing.

 

[ANTdrew]

Something like this that has all the nesting chambers go around the whole thing. So you can see ants no matter what way its facing.

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Exactly! Levitate the whole thing, and you’d never have to worry about escapes.