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stopping pogonomyrmex from digging tunnels

Started By Mdrogun , Feb 23 2016 4:47 PM

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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted February 23 2016 - 4:47 PM

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I have a 50 worker pogonomyrmex californicus colony. They are currently house in a Byformica Grotube HS. My friend is getting rid of a 20 gallon fish tank and I would like to convert the tank into an outworld for my ants. I would like to add a thick layer of sand and then shine a lamp on it with yellow light that gets a little warm. Will they dig through the sand leave the formicarium?


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#2 Offline Ants4fun - Posted February 23 2016 - 5:35 PM

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If you keep it dry, I don't think it's possible.

#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 23 2016 - 6:11 PM

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Yeah, if you keep the sand dry, they won't nest in it.


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#4 Offline Mdrogun - Posted February 23 2016 - 6:16 PM

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Thanks for the help.


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

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