I am soon hopefully setting up a 2.5 gallon tank with built in outworld for Solenopsis geminata. can't wait to get my hobby started
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, Apr 19 2016 5:39 PM
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Posted April 19 2016 - 5:39 PM
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Posted April 20 2016 - 8:25 PM
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Welcome! I have no idea on you plans to have Solenopsis geminata in Minnesota but I hope it works out. I'm from South Dakota!
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Posted April 21 2016 - 10:05 AM
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Awesome, the ant I'm getting is lucias neoniger instead. Would two Antscanada 3D lucias hybrid nests connected together be too much for them?
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Posted April 21 2016 - 12:11 PM
Awesome, the ant I'm getting is lucias neoniger instead. Would two Antscanada 3D lucias hybrid nests connected together be too much for them?
I think you mean Lasius.
It would all depend on the size of the colony.
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Posted April 21 2016 - 12:30 PM
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Okay, I don't know when I should move my queen to the formicarium? My queen has like 5 workers
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Posted April 21 2016 - 3:46 PM
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Move your queen into a formicarium when it has way more than 5, maybe when it has 50 or more?
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Posted April 22 2016 - 7:33 AM
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Okay, I put her in a founding container with 2 inches of sand but she won't dig out her own chamber
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Posted April 22 2016 - 10:20 AM
I hope you mixed some clay dirt with that sand, or it will collapse once dry.
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Posted April 22 2016 - 11:23 AM
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I did we have very clay like sands by the river
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Posted April 22 2016 - 1:01 PM
That's good. Sometimes it takes a few days for queens to start digging a nest in captivity.
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Posted April 22 2016 - 1:19 PM
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Generally, when you move a colony into a new nest, the colony should fill at least 30% of it. You can move and upgrade the ants later.
This link may interest you - http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/
Lots of things like beginners guide to ants, different setups for founding queens, pictures of other people's colonies, tutorials, etc.
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Posted April 23 2016 - 6:33 AM
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greetings from west texas! 
Ant Queens found:
Solenopsis Invicta, Solenopsis xyloni, Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Pogonomyrmex barbatus,
Forelius pruinosus, Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,
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Ant Queens i have going right now:
camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus
Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)
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Posted April 23 2016 - 8:40 PM
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