How to Build an Ant Farm | All in One Concrete Formicarium

[@PrinceGuerrier]

When I saw the video notification AntAutralia, I know I'll have a good time coming home from work. Another video that I will watch four or five times ...

[@i3enj462]

FourmisDuSud Very VERY accurate.

[@Shuhister]

especially that 25:05 moment....

[@memelord9232]

Same bro

[@FrugalAnimalKeeper]

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video it's brilliant.

[@anttrace8479]

OK thanks

[@kung-fubadger3766]

I have been watching Ants Australia and Ant Canada and im going to be honest here Ant Canada knows his stuff but I find he doesnt give lots of informative videos like this video he does on the other hand have the voice that you could always listen to. My personal favorite though is Ant Australia cannot stop watching his videos they are great I have learnt so much stuff.

[@marsaans]

I like every ant channel but Ants Australia and Ants Canada are my favorite. Theres just something in Ants Australia's videos that made me get hooked to the channel

[@bugswisconsin1910]

Ants Canada is my favorite he has good test tubes and I have colony’s in the tubes right now soon they will move in the ants Canada ant tower

[@PoffHistory]

@@bugswisconsin1910 But his stuff is way to expansive man...

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

@@PoffHistory and he sells the new stuff for just as much as his old quality stuff, the nerve lol.

[@PoffHistory]

@@appalachiabrauchfrau Indeed ;-;

[@sarkysuchus8350]

Its 2AM. I have a deadline. Soft whimsical music plays as a charmingly enthusiastic Australian with an adorable lisp invites me to watch his pets mercilessly rip apart their helpless victim and feed it to their ever ravenous brood. Life is good.

[@Bassist665]

The most disturbing thing I learned about ants. Was actually how here, in my country, some caterpillars feed on ant larvae, without being stopped by the ants themselves. The caterpillars secrete a sort of honeydew (I don't know the exact name) to please the ants outside of their nest. The ants walk all over the caterpillar, leaving their scent on it. Afterwards, masked in ant scent, it simply walks into the nest, unharmed by unsuspecting ants, and starts feeding on their larvae.

[@alex-dh8zy]

same with the man who enters my home

[@littlebluetank7899]

​@@alex-dh8zy so unexpected lmfao

[@princesssunrays]

​@@alex-dh8zy💀

[@stepheni.s7080]

It’s the Larvae of the Alcon butterfly.

[@PrimeCommand]

there is a type of larvae from a species of something, that uses pheromones to disguise as the queens and it just feeds on the food and larvae from the ants colony

[@jinkim1191]

I don't often leave comments, but just wanted to show my appreciation for your channel! It's my favorite ant-related channel by far. The music you choose is relaxing, your narration is perfect, and the footage is fantastic. Hoping to start ant keeping this spring, and I'll be looking to your videos as guide. I'm looking forward to your next video!

[@Wang-uh3yb]

Jin Kim AntsCanada is also entertaining

[@jinkim1191]

I follow AntsCanada as well! But I find this channel much better for stylistic reasons. I prefer the narration and video editing here -- Ants Australia is generally more concise and doesn't do a lot of edits to create dramatic effects like AntsCanada does. Both great channels though!

[@unclasp]

@@jinkim1191 I agree completely in the same exact way.

[@antsareawesome9284]

I love ac

[@mattheworchard-groves9521]

dude you realise you make the best tutorials for ants on youtube. Please upload more often! Many of us are really bored of week after week of Antscanada giving up disney stories. We need more people doing real antkeeping, not a drama tv series!

[@bibidabo4425]

I never thought I was going to make a nest like this. Well for my ants, I’m doing it now! Finally.

[@bibidabo4425]

Nice comment Bibidabo Blitz, xD.

[@adoge1175]

This was one of my favorite videos as a child. Thank you for the nostalgia.

[@andreamontechiarini]

9:56 Jordan is officially the new Michelangelo

[@sagittariusa291]

BEST VIDEO - Finally I know how to build my Formicarium. Thank you so much.

[@AussieAnts]

Great video once again Jordan! Jealous of those piliventris 😯

[@criticaX]

Yeah I was really entertained!

[@mikesmale1853]

Well that was a fascination half an hour, thank you for taking the time to show us your hobby. I used to be quite negative towards ants. You have introduced them in an interesting and enthusiastic way. Cheers sir.

[@papimega5862]

The ant getting eaten: AHHHH OH MY GOD IT HURTS the music:💕☺️😘😇

[@scarlettcross4341]

You're the coolest ant guy in the world. The thing you make amazing.🐜👌

[@wesselmuurling7460]

Always when I get a notification of your channel, I love to watch your video's, they are very relaxing and at the same time interesting and usefull. keep the work going!!

[@afinidus1369]

Awesome video. I have a block of AAC ready to go. I love these all in ones, I’m thinking of making a small one for my desk at work so I can watch ants while I work.

[@aidana2128]

very well done video I like how professional it was

[@AntsScandinavia]

Wow, you really made some new and bar-raising additions to those nests. With the dry-clay, for making it all so smooth and so on, I love the designs, and ofcource my fave is the bull ants setup ;) Where do you buy the paints you use in all thease setups, please link them if you buy from ebay or something, I love the look

[@syltis1994]

This is really entertaining. You've got skills!

[@winningorlearning]

Excellent video m8, your videos are by far the most useful ant keeping videos so far. Ty.

[@arkonos4123]

Please do a natural nest because AAC is hard to find in North America and personnaly i prefer a natural nest . Your videos are really well made so keep up the great work!

[@invertevision4757]

Although I enjoy and love watching AntsCanada, I have to honestly say I like your content better. He does his episodes kind of like a movie while yours are more like something you would see on a nature show. Absolutely love this video and all the rest! I live in the u.s. and nuptial flight this year is finally starting. I'm very excited. Absolutely can't wait to see your next video my friend!

[@lilitheden748]

You made some beautiful ant worlds. I don’t keep ants myself but I nevertheless find them extremely interesting creatures. By browsing the internet and watching videos on KZbin I’ve learned a lot of things about them that are quite remarkable. I always wondered how the first generation was fed seen the queen doesn’t leave the nest to forage. I found out that when the queen has her first larvae she feeds them with her into trophic eggs converted wing muscles. Well, that is an amazing thing to do.

[@mantasbuja5067]

There isn't really any disturbing things about ants...I just really like them bcs it's so interesting to discover new things about them... Thanks to you Ants Australia!!! You help me like this hobby.

[@ricksameisen1945]

3:39 is a little escapee :))

[@flowerellarts]

I would've never noticed myself!

[@oliverhunt5288]

Not sure how people didn’t notice 🤣

[@Swartgaming]

Thats a wild ant

[@MrMaefiu]

Awesome designs! The most disturbing thing i found out was the behavior of species formica sanguinea in relation to the Lomechusa(beetle). These ants(apparently) are so addicted to Lomechusas secretions that they tolerate them eating their brood. In case of alarm, they even tend to bring the Lomechusas brood into safety before their own(#addictants?). It feels like I will always find out something new that fascinates me about ants!

[@antsontario1737]

Can you make videos on other materials like plaster or grout? These are amazing but not many people in North America have access to AAC block. Really good video anyway!

[@pauldandler6944]

great vid bud, u just earned a new sub

[@willbkr867]

The most disturbing thing I find about ants is how smart they are! From roads to graveyards they almost seem human somtimes which I find really quite scary😂🤭

[@Smexfish]

First 11 minutes??? Dream come true.

[@ant.invasion]

Sweet set ups man! Can’t wait to see these colonies grow :D

[@i3enj462]

Nathan Lewis stop advertising man

[@i3enj462]

Nathan Lewis Man I know the struggles. I crawled my way to 200 subs on an old channel. ur vids are good just dont intrude others channels with your advertisements

[@i3enj462]

Nathan Lewis nah its cool to advertise but copy pasting the same message to everyone is judt spam

[@basilisco04]

whats the material of the formicarium?

[@i3enj462]

basilio lopez Ytong its hard to find in small quantities where i live. simillar to fire brick or cinder blocks

[@ciggin.20]

I found one of those golden bull ant queens once, I didn't think I had enough experience to keep them so I just watched it. They're so beautiful!

[@eval1441]

Love your videos! Keep the good work up! What I find the most disturbing about ants is how they can make nests almost anywhere (even in the inside of your wall!) It's almost as if they dominate the world and we just live beside them!

[@asylumental]

Oh heyyyy, just an AntCanada subscriber here, found my way to the other half of the world... Excited to watch your ant videos!

[@Velppp]

THANK. A. LOT !!! When my Messor colonies will need more space, I'll do those type of nests. It's looks soooooo good x). Keep up the good work!

[@lasigna0212]

Velppp I read you have Messor ants: I caught my very first queen a month ago, and she is a Messor capitatus. She has some larvae and eggs now. Do you think they are good for beginners like me?

[@Velppp]

Yes they are very simple to keep. I have one colony of Polygynous Messor barbarus, one of capitatus and few more barbarus queens... So, they stress very easily when there is a vibration. It's their only downside for me. Otherwise they just need seeds, some proteins and a place between 22 and 28 °C. The egg become an ant in 30-60 days. This depends of the size of the new ant, and the heating temperature. You are not force to water the nest. If you provide them a source of water they will live perfectly with it. Personally I water the nest only when there is few ants drinking in the reservoir of water. ie each 2 - 4 days. Those ants are convenient when you want to go in vacation. They can live few weeks without any care if they have enough water and food =). Voilà, ask me if you want to know something else =) ps: I advise you to keep them in an non-acrylic setup. Because this material provide very well vibrations... And that's not very good for them... For Messors I prefer Ytong for it's ability to scatter vibrations.

[@lasigna0212]

Velppp Thanks! I made a cork nest for them, but I think I'll make one out of AAC and put in the Messor and I'll keep the cirk nest for a Crematogaster queen.

[@ourorboros2]

honestly , i can not express how much i love your channel and how much i love you as a human being having watched this, when i first found your channel i was rather trepidatious about subscribing having started watching another similar channel in the past but having over a few weeks of watching become rather horrified from live feeding other insects on skewers to his ants to drowning them to "simulate real world condition" and so on, especially when you talk about the desert habitat and how most of the brood are still in the test tube but aslong as the ants are happy, so too are you after having seen similar videos on moving ants from one nest to another in which he uses intense lighting to "encourage" his ants to move to their new homes nevertheless the point of this is not to bitch but to praise! so; from a random stranger on the internet i love your love of ants and it actually brings a tear to my eye to see someone give this much care and attention to his charges. thank you for the love you show these creatures and thank you for the incredibly professional, informative and entertaining content.

[@samasaurus1238]

Am I the only person wanting a How to make an outworld video?

[@electrobot9871]

Samasaurus123 ur not alone

[@chrispresnell1209]

Samasaurus123 He made a tutorial on that....

[@ivankaticos]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSbf3qYZrCsq5o np :-)

[@Thatoneguy15547]

samasurus123 your never alone

[@Thatoneguy15547]

i also wanted to

[@fuzzywuzzy1916]

Your set up is the best 10 out of 10

[@AntsManitoba]

Wow 😮 great vid Jordan. Really cool idea I can’t wait to try this myself ❤️🐜

[@xelias124]

Amazing video, the only thing I'd like to see in a video like this would be a general idea of the price of each set up. just to give a good idea :D Thanks for the video !

[@02highvoltage67]

Watching a different video then I get this notification and I’m like “HELLL YEAAHSHSHS TIME TO WATCH” lol

[@dante2179]

No joke your videos are so relaxing to watch

[@brockthomson4790]

my god i love this guy cause he is aussie and smart and im aussie too :D

[@brockthomson4790]

cool i will check it out

[@ofc.fartVR]

4:02 that ant outside the nest: 🗿

[@charlesstevens5845]

Hey man! I have been ant keeping since December last year, and I have found out some pretty disturbing things from my observations, such as when they are feeding they use weird tentacle-like things to lap up their honey, or when the queen can get stressed enough she eats her babies :0 I love the vids PLEASE keep them up!! #aaforlife :)

[@yangenting7749]

CoinPush GT when u lick stuff with ur tongue people don't call u weird right?

[@esist2wild]

Great! Love the Bull Ants and the Beach Enclosure!

[@kipptt]

nobody: raimbow ants: *brood tower*

[@azrinaswan80]

Fantastic I've waiting for this since the last video, and i know it takes a lots of time to make a video bt we would love a new video every week.

[@Au_Aquatica]

The most disturbing things ants do I find is that honey pot ants (Myrmecocystus sp) raid enemy nests and rip the heads off other repletes and drink from it as a keg, sometimes they even drag the repletes to their nests and slowly chew through the ants head. Definitly the most disturbing thing ants do in my opinion

[@anythinggoes2358]

Queensland Ants some time they just make the ant part of the colony

[@peeblekitty5780]

Isn't it the honey pot ants that _get_ raided, not raid?

[@Au_Aquatica]

Peeble Kitty they raid other colonies of their same speices

[@EnderAnts]

Queensland Ants have to agree on that!

[@kelsiezitting1953]

Honey pot ants are pretty brutal. They're also known for kidnapping brood and raising them as slaves

[@JEMHull-gf9el]

Probly the best ant channel on youtube.

[@lucasrichmond6074]

sponsored by bunnings? 5:29 hahaha

[@lucasrichmond6074]

God, been a quick minute. Made this comment having no ants at all, now ive got 4 (mind you pretty young) colonies going. Funnily enough I ended up working for bunnings for just under a year too. Was good to come back and watch this again, might have to give it a whirl once my myrmecia nigriceps are in the double digits

[@scrt_legend1536]

I love how he made all the set up differently in a unique way

[@FantasticKruH]

Thanks for the tutorials!

[@spagbol71]

your voice is so calming that I have a whole playlist of your videos that I listen to at night. I hope you dont find that weird or creepy, if so please let know and I wont do it anymore!

[@curth6493]

it took so long for this to come out

[@OurLandBirdsAndAnts]

sub to me!!!

[@curth6493]

no

[@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089]

CW Hachinsky would you deny that they’re quality videos?

[@jarckk2]

wow amazing creation, they have very nice designs congratulations I loved the video, I will wait with anxiaslos next, I send you my best greetings from colombia

[@Ants-ex4sw]

Cool nests. You just earned another sub😄

[@sausaigeham1104]

These videos are great and good ideas I would never be able to be as creative as him

[@9393jack]

Such a high quality channel. I would love it if you could increase the frequency of your uploads, but *not if it affects your quality.* I honestly can see this channel having 10x as many subs as it has now

[@mr.cookiedose362]

I've got two things that i was very disturbed about when I found out about it: 1. That some Ant species can have slaves (e.g. Polyergus lucidus). And one of the main goals of such colonies is to find other colonies and enslave their workers and steal their brood. But I think its cool and interesting too! 2. That Carpenter Ants can destroy houses and cause a lot of damage. Many people See those Ants as pests but i think their pretty beautiful and in want to Catch a Carpenter Queen at the next nuptial flight and raise a small colony (any Name suggestions?) But that does not keep me from Loving Ants and it reminds me of the giant impact and the importance Ants have for our Environment!

[@clamskaboo5120]

Yes! I've been looking for a tutorial for these nests! BTW, the tutorial for the ytong nests helped me a LOT and I have my crematogaster colony nice and happily nesting inside of it

[@antzphilippinesph7205]

I’m early! And fiannllyyy u uploadddedddd

[@OurLandBirdsAndAnts]

SUB TO MEEE!!

[@kanyenorth5711]

our land birds and ants nah we are good

[@hildaldo]

i ended up watching the whole video, GREAT work and the content was very intresting

[@liondorfarms]

Great video! Any idea how we can buy AAC here in America?

[@rhyssatterfield7487]

help us please

[@timmyeh551]

Other names are Hebel, Ytong, could be under those names ? Hardware stores here in Australia sell it.

[@camdenkiefer]

its nearly impossible to find it in the usa, ebay would be your best bet

[@mrq5104]

Hi Jordan i am raising a colony of messor barbarus ants. And the most disturbing thing that i discovered was that i saw how the queen laid eggs en the workers immediately cared for her brood. Keep up the good work man it looks amazing❤✌

[@okay2240]

No one will see this lol but does the clay need to be non toxic or can it just be everyday normal clay?

[@NS-pz8nb]

Probably best to make sure it's non toxic. Don't want to risk hurting/killing your ants

[@souglieking6308]

It should probably be non-toxic as you don't want to hurt the ants.

[@loiswilson79]

Everyday clay will be fine I’m using that and it works well. How is it supposed to kill an ant anyway it’s just clay.

[@orangepaper190]

@@loiswilson79 because if the ants bite it

[@loiswilson79]

Orange Paper HOW CAN THEY DIE FROM BITING AT DRY CLAY WHATS THAT GONNA DO?

[@cloudinfinity]

Great video! We're making one of these with my class for our growing colony!

[@Sacressane]

I have watch this vid around 8 times LMAO

[@formicidae9126]

I've watched it four times today.

[@someoneonearthh]

Gotta bump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.

[@gelibean7533]

You deserve at least a million subs :) Love your content

[@willsbossygaming9333]

The most disturbing thing I have ever experienced with ants is the savageness of Fire ants. Once when I accidentally laid down on top of a bunch of fire ants. They pretty much stung and bite the crap out of my arm. I had dots on my arm for weeks and I have a few little scars.

[@dmand2353]

I finally made a formicarium today thanks to your videos!

[@ultragaming1650]

Pls uploade once a week. Like if you agree

[@antzphilippinesph7205]

Glenn Dail Doringuez as the looks of it he can’t really keep that schedule since he might have some other important things to do

[@ultragaming1650]

What about ants Canada he can upload once a week or even 2vid a week

[@OurLandBirdsAndAnts]

I agree

[@antzphilippinesph7205]

Glenn Dail Doringuez yes because he is able to do so, if Jordan was able to then he wouldn’t be uploading randomly, he uploads when he is able to and judging by how it’s usually every month or two he has other things to do...

[@soochenguan773]

yeah!That will get him more subs.

[@nikskucinskis187]

Thank you. Ive been thinking how to make ant farm, i wached this video that helped me alot at gave me alot good ideas to make one tysm again

[@andiirawandewantoro]

NICE !!!

[@OurLandBirdsAndAnts]

sub to me

[@jslee948]

Andi Irawan Dewantoro hello there

[@MrHimitsu86]

Nice tooo

[@mayajourney756]

Not my first time watching this Love your how too videos

[@tardis2802]

Haha! Finally another video

[@lescd7210]

The strangest thing I’ve learned about ants is that they sometimes enslave other queens of the same speciesism to lay eggs or entire colonies, including the queen, to make super colonies. I love how passionate you are about the ants and how much detail and care u put into their housing from the tunnels to the to the the making the clay look natural

[@Naranara-n7s]

🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🍞 i love the ants

[@nephilaedulis2073]

Most disturbing thing I find about ants is how they act like robots that are driven for protecting and sustaining their nest at all costs, even if it means their death they'll happily throw their life away to protect the nest

[@GothicDragonX]

This is awesome, new to the channel, and finds it fascinating. I am not an ant collector, though learning about ants and other animals how they live and form gives me a lot of ideas for stories on wild animals and habitats for worldbuilding, love it.

[@jor6933]

The most disturbing thing I found was a full on ant war between my favorite species(fire ants and trap jaws), in which they killed anything that got close.

[@Ecomania_]

best ant channel out there

[@mrpgeert6204]

3:38 bruh look left is see a 🐜

[@tomnovy3476]

You mean right?

[@JohanVega-wc2zb]

That red sand loks beutiful, thank you for sahring ur creative!

[@arkt1k330]

Anyone know where to get AAC in the US?

[@evanjames575]

Aaron McBride Thank god someone with a similar issue. It’s really frustrating that such a simple material is so impossible to find in North America.

[@armoured-self]

The internet aka ebay

[@lyndajonas1572]

Wal-Mart

[@kermit8433]

It's also known as hebel

[@dapeekie2091]

Online

[@Liam-cz2fy]

Loved this video, watching it for the second time to look a bit more at the beach setup, really interested in that one! Just got my first queen from Eli, just a pheidole to begin with. Anyway keep up the great work I’ll be sure to stay tuned. :)

[@virusmarc0139]

The most disturbing thing about ants is finding out how big ants can get like driver ants which can grow up to 39 and 50 mm

[@lerouxeverson925]

what about bullet ants and army ants

[@spamlord7570]

Virus marc013 wtf nothing wrong with it

[@yangenting7749]

Le Roux Everson army ants are driver ants

[@Brad-oq6ln]

Best channel on KZbin

[@100adry3]

4:04 that ant in the corner have a free day?

[@matteodv6407]

seems so

[@Karaffka]

Great video, definitely worth the wait. I love the high production value of your videos.

[@SampelMSM]

I'm so fascinated about ants I'd love to start a ant hobby "Ants United Kingdom" or "AUK" "Ants UK"

[@spontaneouscreativity6858]

Wow that nice

[@spontaneouscreativity6858]

@Good Puss 3000. wow, pluse amazing channel, good work/vids

[@marmaru34]

This youtuber is amazing. I only recently started any keeping and I really want to make a nest like this. The only thing I have trouble with is queens and the fact the website has no stock! The most disturbing thing about ants are their tongues! I think they are tongues anyway... Anyway this video deserves way more views, comments like and bro, you deserve a million subscribers!

[@EnderAnts]

Troll Trolly Yeah same here, excepting buying queen ants in the same country is illegal in my area :( By the way if you haven’t heard, Ants Australia’s shop was closed down. He shared it on his Instagram, but is planning on opening it up one day

[@marmaru34]

ll Ender Ants ll don’t have Instagram so thanks for the info

[@someboddyy2964]

My most disturbing ant discovery, is that it takes so long for a colony to grow...

[@denkitney8865]

I love DIY, so I must have a go at making an all in one nest for my grandson, (he don't know yet) as think they look brill'. The more I have researched ants for him, the more I am getting interesred in ants, may take up keeping ants myself, but I am 64...lol But as they say, never too old!

[@socialworkers3718]

The most disturbing discovery about ants that I found out was when I mixed up queens which could be mixed like yellow crazy ants They killed some queens and let some be with them Haha long live ant Australia

[@meanjeanmcqueen6171]

I am SO glad that I came across this! Thank you!

[@Jaybiiird]

The most distubing thing I've learned about ants is how Vampire ants suck their larvaes blood XD

[@mrbobjob8995]

How come you only have this many subs 🤔

[@ohyeahyeahesketit4105]

The most disturbing thing I found out about ants is that they eat animals I thought they only ate insects edit:by animals I ment cats rabbits you know I thought they only ate like flys or cockroaches stuff like that

[@Tomcos22]

Yaboi Snowy insects are animals...

[@Airtheteengeneretion]

TomCos no... insects are insects...

[@kekree8257]

Aka Ventus No mate, insects are placed within the kingdom animalia, which means they are animals. Insects are arthropods, which means if insects are not aninals, then arthropods like crabs and lobsters are not animals.

[@ohyeahyeahesketit4105]

Kek Ree that’s sciency

[@griffyg.7147]

Finally you upload!!! Its been 2 months dude

[@ToastedFanArt]

Lmao I have the same music in a fish tank build video I did a while back. Incompetech.com, right?

[@huharry9290]

Toasted Fan Art y r u here

[@ToastedFanArt]

Hu Harry I'm a long time fan of this channel (I follow Ants Canada and Nordic Ants too haha) why? do you know me? Lol