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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 3:19:58 GMT 1
Thanks guys!! As far as Camponotus species go thats mostly what I will be keeping due to the fact they are easy to see and watch the transformation from egg to larvae to cocoon is pretty amazing and they usually have a varied worker caste and soldier caste. I had a few colonies before going but at that time I was busy with life and college and basically everything else so they did not last long and I had to abandon everything. Now being married and with house I will have more time and hopefully by next spring I will have a new colony of them. Ill try to be as active as I can on these boards as well.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 17:00:16 GMT 1
Awesome! In my experience, gel farms are great for the busy man with little time to tend to his ants... So I don't know if that's any help for you but that's my recommendation!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 17:14:03 GMT 1
Don't go with gel farms!! They are terrible for ants !!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 17:47:40 GMT 1
yes antboy gel antfarms are useless. they kill the ants
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 0:51:18 GMT 1
How come? What do they do?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 1:27:02 GMT 1
They're made of a carbohydrate medium which is either going to mold or dry out. It doesn't offer complete nutrition for the ants, either.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 5:26:10 GMT 1
Oh no! I didn't no that Is this for all gel farms or just the cheap ones?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 8:27:57 GMT 1
It's all, you can still use the set up, remove the gel and fill it with sand or soil instead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 9:56:47 GMT 1
Hmmm. Maybe I will. That's a shame, I found gel really easy to use (they never grew mold for me, which happened a lot with dirt)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 13:06:41 GMT 1
They're just designed to hold those queen-less worker packages that are going to die in a few weeks. The real lifespan of a worker tends to be longer than a year (I know workers of some species can live up to five years). Gel farms are not meant for long-term habitation.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 1:20:18 GMT 1
Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to be more careful in future.
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