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[Nes187]

I havnt seen any forsale anywhere, does anyone sell them that I can get shipped to Canada maybe? Word on the street says all the cool kids are using it and I'm hoping to get my first brick free

[drtrmiller]

All the cool kids are using concrete?  Did you time travel back to the Roman empire?  

 

As a building material, it's not as common in North America as it is in Europe.  And since you won't find it used for any other purpose, it's not the easiest to come across.  Most building supply places that do carry it will require you to buy a pallet, which usually costs a few hundred bucks.

[Foogoo]

I believe you can order it at THA, though it probably won't be cheap.

[William. T]

You can order from THA, but it will cost you a pretty penny. 24,000 of them in fact.

 

http://tarheelants.c...cts/ytong-order

 

Better if you use grout or hydrostone, or just buy a formicarium yourself.

Edited by William. T, August 9 2015 - 10:44 AM.

[Nes187]

The fact that you get 20 of them makes it not unreasonable, not sure what id do with 20 though and I'm sure shipping wouldn't be nice,

[William. T]

The fact that you get 20 of them makes it not unreasonable, not sure what id do with 20 though and I'm sure shipping wouldn't be nice,

What are you trying to do? If you are making your first formicarium, then you should use hydro stone or grout. If you are just into starting your first colony, then I recommend you buy a formicarium. What you do not want is to have a buy drill, that $100 tool kit from Home Depot, 20 blocks of Ytong, and then you are bored with anting and quit. There are a lot of people that make good formicarium. You can order from Terry at byformica.com, Tar Heel Ants, Drew's experimental formicarium he sells time from time, and AntsCanada. Since I read you have a lot of founding queens at the moment, you can buy THA's Atom formicarium, or the Grotube XL, since the middle chamber is perfect for founding queens. But also you can wait for your queens to fill up your test tubes with workers and brood, and then buy a nice formicarium.

[Nes187]

I don't plan on buying 20 anyway, maybe 2 just to [censored] around with if i could get them, but i was expecting them to be double the price they would work out to each

[Crystals]

Various Materials used to build formicariums - http://www.formicult...ium/#entry11018

 

In some ways, hydration and carve-ability, firebrick is very similar and will likely suite your needs.

[William. T]

I started practicing carving formicarium with a piece of clay. A slab really helps you understand and and get an idea of actually carving a formicarium. I found out that I couldn't make a perfect cut or anything close to it, so I borrowed some tubs and bought myself some grout, and made my first formicarium.

 

I don't plan on buying 20 anyway, maybe 2 just to [censored] around with if i could get them, but i was expecting them to be double the price they would work out to each

[Barristan]

Too bad shipping costs are that high. Ytong in Germany is only around 1€ for a 60x20x5 cm brick.