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Possible aluminum formicarium?

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#1 Offline Ant234 - Posted August 26 2022 - 3:57 PM

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Hi,

I am going to try and attempt at an aluminum tray formicarium. The dimensions are 12x10 inches. I will make separate chambers out of more aluminum that I will have cut from another aluminum tray, and hot glued onto the original tray. Below I have included the pictures of how I want the chambers to look like, and as this is the very first sketch, the chambers are likely to change. The big yellow/gold line you see is how I plan to separate the chambers the very first time I put the colony in. I will place an object blocking the colony from having more space, because I was told that too much space in a colony's nest makes them store waste in their own nest. Also, keep in mind that I am planning to do this with a lasuis queen that I have recently caught. The green is the outworld opening, and the red is the test tube with the water. (Excuse my drawing skills, I did it on a laptop and I am horrible.) 

Below is the sketch and what an aluminum tray looks like if you didn't know.

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Edited by Ant234, August 26 2022 - 4:02 PM.


#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 26 2022 - 6:01 PM

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Ants can chew through hot glue. Read the great guides on here on how to make nests from grout or hydrostone. Save the aluminum for casseroles or bbq.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#3 Offline Ant234 - Posted August 26 2022 - 6:12 PM

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ok thanks







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