8 replies to this topic

[Alabama Anter]

All these plants were wild collected! Hope you like it!

[Canadian anter]

Not enough depth to the setup. You should add some higher standing hardscape items to make it better. If you're interested in aquascaping, you'll know what I mean

[Alabama Anter]

Yeah I agree. I ran out of soil, and this is for a smallish colony anyways.

[Canadian anter]

Yeah I agree. I ran out of soil, and this is for a smallish colony anyways.

You could put several peaceful species together. Or several colonies of one peaceful species such as Temnothorax, leptothorax or any of the ponerines such as Stigmatomma

[Alabama Anter]

Thanks!

[drtrmiller]

I don't have much of a green thumb to begin with, but I've always found care for mosses to be particularly difficult in a formicarium. Those will probably brown and die or rot very quickly if kept indoors without sufficient sunlight, ventilation, or regular misting with distilled water.

Edited by drtrmiller, March 16 2017 - 12:22 PM.

[Alabama Anter]

My room has great ventilation, I have artificial lights (these moss tends to like the shade), and I water them with purified water. This is day 6 of the nest by the way.

[thosaka]

Is there a possibility you could bring in mites?

[Alabama Anter]

Is there a possibility you could bring in mites?

Yes, there is a possibility. The sand and soil were heat treated, but not the plants.