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A nice Formicarium location with stable temperature...

I found a great place to put my Lasius Niger Formicarium :)

We have a 180 liter Juwell aquarium with tropical fish, the temperature of the water is allways 26 degrees, the TL-lighting gives a little extra warmth...

On this spot on top of the back-lid the temperature is a stable 27.7 all day long.
(Test in the images below is done without ants ;) )

Perhaps a little too hi, but if I put a layer of triplex or multiplex underneath it I bet it will be a nice 24-25 degrees celcius there.

At night the light goes off and the temperature drops just a couple of degrees.
The Aquarium and Formicarium are both in a place in the room where direct sunlight never comes.




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