This is what my full starting setup look like now...
I use external tubes connected thru splitters to feed sugars and protein separately.
I find it easier to feed this way without disturbing the nest and the feeder tubes are easy to clean and refill.
Hello fellow Formicarians, So I got interested in Ants, watched a hundred youtube tutorials and read a lot of articles... After that I ordered what I think I need the 1st year or more... The package will probably arrive somewhere after next weekend... A good time to start a Journal to keep track of all things happening. So what did I order that's being delivered somewhere next week ? For starters I ordered a Ant colony of Lasius Niger with 12-20 ( nanitics) worker ants. - Honeydew surrogate - cottonwool - extra tubes 1 meter 10mm - exta endcaps - a very small 1st nest with only 2 chambers + sponge - a few water drippers - some protein jelly cups - 1 feedig 'fountain' - insect tweezer set - brushes - Fluon - 10 extra tubes to catch the same species when they fly end of lujy here in the netherlands. - some tube splitters y and x and T shapes - tube connection parts The nest: The Lasius Niger Ants: Perhaps I over did it since the ants won't need much mo...
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