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Formicarium buiding material?

Started By William. T , Feb 18 2015 5:41 PM

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#1 Offline William. T - Posted February 18 2015 - 5:41 PM

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Zoo Med Excavator Clay is on sale. It is advertised that reptiles can dig through but at the same time the tunnels cannot collapse. Any ideas?

Species I keep:

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

#2 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 18 2015 - 6:04 PM

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It looks like plain ole dirt to me. It seems this substrate is to be kept dry which isn't very ant friendly.

#3 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted February 18 2015 - 6:19 PM

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That looks like something I got to try! But couldn't have a natural setup with that and mist it every once in a while so the ants can easily move it around, I mean that does look pretty sturdy.