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Nurbs Pencil Case and Test Tube Formicariums


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#121 Offline nurbs - Posted May 25 2018 - 12:23 PM

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Is that a test tube around the cotton leading from the hydration chamber? I've been considering adding a glue-gunned barrier around my cotton so the substrate doesn't get soaked because I havent found a place to get large vinyl tubing yet.

 

 

It's vinyl tubing, you can find that at Home Depot.


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#122 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 10 2018 - 7:23 AM

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Aaaand they're out again :lol:.
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#123 Offline nurbs - Posted July 18 2018 - 1:13 PM

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Nurbs Pencil Case Formicarium Version 2.0 Incoming!

 

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#124 Offline Major - Posted July 18 2018 - 1:34 PM

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If you were to sell one of the version 2.0, fully made with a 16x150mm test tube imprint, grout/ hydro stone floor, breathing hole, and a 2-3 test tube space, how much would you sell 1-3 for? How much would shipping be to Rochester, New York?

#125 Offline Kevin - Posted July 18 2018 - 1:38 PM

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Are you going to tell us where to get these ones? :lol:


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#126 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 18 2018 - 1:46 PM

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Please tell us where!!!!

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#127 Offline nurbs - Posted July 18 2018 - 2:53 PM

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If you were to sell one of the version 2.0, fully made with a 16x150mm test tube imprint, grout/ hydro stone floor, breathing hole, and a 2-3 test tube space, how much would you sell 1-3 for? How much would shipping be to Rochester, New York?

 

Let me make enough first for my colonies, and will start selling them. Really impressed with the thickness and quality of these containers. The lid is air tight and sealed. Will post pics of what they will look like once but. The hydrostone will have a sand covered substrate as well like the ones pictured below. They will also have molds for not one but two test tubes, so you can use two at a time, or have only one and use another for replacement.

 

 

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Please tell us where!!!!

 



Are you going to tell us where to get these ones? :lol:

 

If you search hard enough, pretty sure you can find where. Someone is going to post that on here eventually.

 

But I am not going to share because I still need a lot of these made, and once you find out where, you greedy scrubs will go online and order 94387569054886954679349540839048309238 of them and leave none for us. Thanks for nothing! That's the price of sharing your knowledge but never getting anything in return.

 

Also, you cannot buy these individually. They must be purchased in bulk. My first order already saturated their current supply, but also said more will be in stock.

 

EDIT: Three of you ninnys messaged asking where to get these. Once I get enough made and no one has posted the link, I'll be more than happy to share the source. Nurbs is nice like that.


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#128 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 18 2018 - 3:27 PM

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Fine... Be that way.

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#129 Offline nurbs - Posted July 18 2018 - 4:13 PM

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Fine... Be that way.

 

:rofl:

 

You kids are so pampered these days. Everything is handed to you. When I was a child and wanted milk, my dad made me go to the farm and drink straight from the cow.


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#130 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 18 2018 - 4:15 PM

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I was just kidding :lol:
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#131 Offline CoolColJ - Posted July 19 2018 - 4:18 AM

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I need a few of these cases for my semi claustral founding queens :)

Not going to bother with the grout

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#132 Offline MonkeySword - Posted July 19 2018 - 5:07 AM

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I can tell you they are $211.70 for 100 ;)

 

 

Fine... Be that way.

 

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You kids are so pampered these days. Everything is handed to you. When I was a child and wanted milk, my dad made me go to the farm and drink straight from the cow.

 


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#133 Offline noebl1 - Posted July 19 2018 - 6:11 AM

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haha I thought these looked familiar, this is pretty true "If you search hard enough, pretty sure you can find where" :)


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#134 Offline Straywolf94 - Posted July 19 2018 - 8:05 AM

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I like the look of these a lot better.  The pencilcase was nice but always difficult to open and disturbed the ants each time.  


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#135 Offline Straywolf94 - Posted July 19 2018 - 8:32 AM

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Ah, found them.  But my wife would kill me if I bought 100  :lol:


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#136 Offline nurbs - Posted July 19 2018 - 11:54 AM

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Might as well just give them the link and we can give you a trophy. All they have to do is google the price and container.

 

Guys, seriously, please. Don't order a bajillion of them, OK? 

 

 

I can tell you they are $211.70 for 100 ;)

 

 

Fine... Be that way.

 

:rofl:

 

You kids are so pampered these days. Everything is handed to you. When I was a child and wanted milk, my dad made me go to the farm and drink straight from the cow.

 

 


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#137 Offline Major - Posted July 19 2018 - 11:59 AM

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Hint: Pioneer. It'll make sense once you find it. Don't buy them out though.
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#138 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 19 2018 - 12:22 PM

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Shhhhhh edit all your posts peeps. This should be our dirty little secret, don't want them being sold out.
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#139 Offline nurbs - Posted July 19 2018 - 12:22 PM

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Ah, found them.  But my wife would kill me if I bought 100  :lol:

 

Maybe you can organize a "group buy" and split it between the folks who don't need a hundred of them. They come out relatively cheap per container in bulk.

 

The reason I bring this up is because my first order of one set (100 boxes) wasn't even all in stock. It took them a month to get it all made and shipped. And now that someone posted the price and where to get them, everyone is going to order them, which will most likely increase lead times to 2-3 months because they only come in bulk.


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#140 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 19 2018 - 12:35 PM

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Maybe if we tell them that we need like a thousand made, they will up production due to higher demand. I am sure if everyone emails them and asks if they can get them out in say, 2 weeks, they would pay more equipment and time to it, right?
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