big formicarium (80x30x40cm) with a large Lasius niger colony (about 4 000 workers)

I hope, that the title explains everything:-)/ Tytuł chyba wszystko wyjaśnia:-)
music: Phonetic Composition "Army Ants"

[@poikajuu]

wow, didnt expect this kind of music lol

[@LUBAProduktion]

Imagine the glass breaks over night and millions of ants crawl into your bed

[@kevinhulse3991]

wow, amazing

[@updated5709]

Imagine if the queen just died...

[@XxScArEcRoWxX1]

@VidGva somehow that makes feel a little better

[@mr.brzozka1709]

+Salmon Ride u can adopt another?

[@robertbarnett2191]

YIKES

[@TheAceTroubleshooter]

Dude that music was so epic!

[@gregorpoeth4333]

Thats more than 4.000 workers!

[@billybob9961]

That is a super cool set up and great music thank you for the video

[@Snailrind]

What a beautiful setup! I am in awe.

[@socolovsky]

question 4: "Why the music sucks so much?" answer: It's not that bad in my opinon;-). I choose it becouse of ant-related lyrics (it was not so much to choose form).

[@alphaq9617]

What did u do when they got overpopulated

[@KMcombine]

Finally a beast setup time and effort right here man, I have something to aspire to :)

[@omu0cu0animale]

Epic music for ants :))

[@mac10071993]

Gratulacje :) Wspaniałe formikarium :)

[@robertbarnett2191]

Really fitting song.

[@potimaster2367]

Thats a badass ant farm you got there.

[@sunshine9944]

*pulls out joint* That was good shit bro -the one ant

[@ChicagoFan32]

The symmetry is amazing.

[@puerrobustus]

I saw a lot of geeks, but you're the geek of geeks with your ants. )))

[@TheGaleGert]

That is just brutal ! its like "why didnt i get that idea" Awsome dude props from Denmark !

[@ranger18771]

What an incredibly informative song that kinda bumps lol

[@socolovsky]

@MyStrangeAnimals Recently quiet a lot of larvae are rising in the nest, so the colony needs a lot of food to feed them. That's why the number of workers foraging on the arena is now bigger than you can see in my video. However, it's still just about 5-10% of colony's population, rest of the workers stay in the nest.

[@duanneeyy4034]

Dude/Lass this is sick awesome setup

[@XxBrainWreckxX]

It is made of Styrofoam and can be made easily. This is by far the best decor and nest making I have seen so far. looks like alot of time was put into this.

[@amidsokolov1680]

Вот это я понимаю формикарий.Красиво,окуратно! 5+

[@mushroomhead4ever]

Thanks dude I really Appreciate it. : )

[@kab2664]

Dude lmao love the song and the ant farm looks fn amazing you should make smaller ones and sell them

[@theoryg]

Now that is a showcase on many levels.

[@sangsterthegangster]

That's Surprisingly pretty cool! It almost makes me want to get a much smaller one. However, way too afraid of rebellious ants eating me in my sleep to do that!

[@fazeclan9]

THATS SO AWESOME!

[@c4rizz]

Thats way more interesting than a fishtank!

[@socolovsky]

In order to maintain a perfect humidity gradient, you may cut Ytong in 2 parts, than bind them together using a special glue. If you do so, only this half of the nest that has contact with water in the container will absorb water.

[@weaponizedknight7316]

Is this colony still going?

[@VilleAbr]

@@weaponizedknight7316 no

[@weaponizedknight7316]

@@VilleAbr ok

[@Alexm0321]

*Lasius gang when the Formica crew comes too close to the mound*

[@Treefrogbc1]

lol a load of ants :p btw awesome formicarium. You give your ants a lot of space which is nice ^_^

[@TephulioTX]

While I would never own ants again (had a cheap colony as a kid, who didn't), this is an impressive setup and looks very rewarding to the ant-enthusiast!

[@AgressiveInliners]

That looks like a lot of plaster. Major props.

[@dolanbright4112]

A very cool design but how they get food? You open the cage and put a giant turkey for their dinner?

[@Oisincolledge]

Donald Trump he probably feeds them a small bowl of insects a week

[@868edgar]

FAR OUT DOLYER Likely drop a roach or two into the colony, the ants will come out and bring it down, they only need food about once a week for smaller colonies surprisingly enough but one this size probably requires more feeding.

[@El3ctr1]

a small bowl of one million insects?

[@robertbarnett2191]

That's what I call a thick colony

[@chrismysona9558]

Put things in that are high in protein and/or carbohydrates. :D honey? etc

[@sethdamien1]

WOW fascinating creatures they are. Nice colony. Really cool!

[@alexvinicius7184]

O formigario mais bonito que eu já vi 😍

[@YazMH]

Wow! dats a nice setup!

[@wlodar3333]

wreszcie to zobaczyłem...ekstra!!!

[@Shiningforceking]

that's deep and well said bro!

[@mushroomhead4ever]

Now that's an Ant Farm!! EPIC!!!!!

[@socolovsky]

question 3: "What is that thing at 1:00?" answer: It is a plug blocking the access to the water container below.

[@gojlad]

gratuluję ci takiego formikarium i szczerze zazdroszczę. chyba też sobie takie zrobię:p

[@GreyFoggyDay321]

Nice, I plan to make a huge one (bigger than yours) in the next few years or whenever I get the money..

[@MsReganMackenzie]

I would have something like this in my living room instead of a fish tank lol So cool, I love ants.

[@MegaRatajczak]

Very impressive! Congratulations!

[@ATSPrefeito]

AWESOME m8!

[@user-li3mv6sv9e]

Nice!

[@SpiralSniperz]

love those underground tunnels

[@ratreptile]

HOLY SHIT THATS BIG

[@Morethanlife-tw3bh]

Nice!!

[@twosidedpolygon7941]

I am so jealous, this is so fancy XD

[@jordanteliaferro979]

that is awesome

[@florian9943]

very nice *-*

[@lobsterfork]

I think this is very cool. i aspire to have one of these.

[@jodie123451]

Only 4,000 workers? Wow

[@KarelSAnts]

Great Job!! How did you made this ? :o

[@crzy2u]

"Mom! I want ants for Christmas!"

great !!

[@AntyArcziPlagiats]

Zajebiste :D

[@TheZap419]

I can only imagine how pissed ,my wife would be if that broke....but I have always wanted an ant farm.

[@jasonboyd22]

Omni nest dude

[@DKong100]

lol after reading this i can only imagine you lead your life like peter griffin

[@socolovsky]

@MyStrangeAnimals Yes, it's normal terrarium sand which you can buy in any petshop. It's called "Gobi Desert", but I suppose, that the name refers to its coluor rather than to its orgin:P.

[@THEBEYONDFOREVER]

Hammer Time !

[@janne1159]

Impressive

[@RAMMCK]

Oh crap! I should have listened to mom when she said, "don't throw the ball in the house!"

[@boytoy7605]

Awesome

[@moprolackofuploads1674]

That's definitely more than 4000!

[@socolovsky]

@MrNollKoll You are correct, the water added through this hole is to maintain proper humidity. However, when the temperature slightly decreases, during the night for example, some of the water in the air inside of the nest becomes liquid and forms tiny droplets on the glass, so that ants can drink it. This amount of drinking water is not enough though, so I place some water sources on the arena.

[@s1mplylazy430]

Just a question how do you hibernate that

[@socolovsky]

Hello everyone! First of all, thanks for all the words of appreciation, I really enjoy the fact, that you find my formicarium intresting. Second thing, sorry for not answering to many of your questions for such a long time. Many questions repeated though, so I'll try to answer the most common ones in the following posts.

[@aau1109]

thumbs up if you say you can fit your colony in two of those

[@ableite]

imagine this shit breaking while you are on a travel and theres no one at home.

[@socolovsky]

It's "Army Ants" by Phonetic Composition.

[@seeingisbelieving3304]

best formicarium I have ever seen. I hope to have 1 one day, just can never get a queen to do her job I'm queenless at moment :(

[@hobo1262]

yeah its a bit late to try to find one :P, you could go lifting up rocks in hopes to find a newly established colony. Depending on where you are located nuptial flights are usually around the Beggining and end of the summer. i just recently found a Lasius flavus queen on the screen of my window.

[@Oisincolledge]

Fook Dat look up antsuk on Google that are selling queens for 15 with 25 workers but they only ship to Europe

[@TheCaptainNick]

I literally found a camponotus queen just a few days ago. It is late winter here, and I just broke a stick in half and found TWO queens in there, just chillin. I am planning to sell one to my friend, because he missed the nuptial flight.

[@drew2000four]

If the ants escaped, he would never be heard of again.

[@Reptokid101]

good song

[@sneergargoyle]

thats the way formicariums are made they are pre built ant nests that make it so you can see the nest in action.

[@Ghowost]

I used to have a ant farm...probably more than 1,000...the glass lid broke due to my neighbors kids and there baseball...I put a towel over it while I went to buy another one...(terrible mistake)I came home to a broken towel an only a queen ant ...I looked up to see the ants on the roof....and then left the house to call the exterminator....too bad he had OCD... ;-; CX

[@pokemonfanmario7694]

DAMN KIDS!!!!

[@cheryldahl9192]

Just contain the queen and all of the other ants would go back to her... eventually lol

[@jo8lessstevejobs834]

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[@robertbarnett2191]

I would literally die if that happened

[@FlytrapFanatic]

AMAZING!!! But... how do they hibernate? do you just move the tank somewhere cold or just cool down the room?

[@BIGHACKINGBIRD]

Man I wish some one create a company that build ant world like this and sell I think a lot of people would buy including me ... Please more video about this cool tank !!!

[@socolovsky]

@13Shock I add water through the small hole that you can see in the left part of the arena.

[@mariorojas8090]

MUSIC?????

[@pentekimi]

how do you take a colony (and formicarium) of that size into diapause?

[@antwito]

Jak się potoczyły dalsze losu kolonii i formikarium?

[@A7xforlifeRev]

I would love this.

[@mariorojas8090]

I want that music, but i dont know who is... :-(

[@socolovsky]

@WolfSentry I glued a decoration tape on the outside surface of the tank, if it is what you mean by "marks on the plaster" (btw, it is not a plaster, but YTONG):).

[@donkriegnaszojcze]

@SuperBisop to jest formikarium gipsowe, wiec korytarze juz sa gotowe. W korkowym lub ziemnym, ograniczasz je dwoma szybami, tak, że mają tylko ok 1 cm przestrzeni między nim.

[@socolovsky]

@CapaciousCore Ten kawałek to Army Ants autorstwa Phonetic Composition.

[@SalsaTiger83]

holy shit that's a big nest...

[@Jayboogyy]

Wow seriously? Is that a DIY? That’s insane man. I don’t have that kind of vision to build something like that. What’s the specs? I would love to have one like that.

[@marcotamburro939]

where did you get the tank from and where did you get the wall nest from?

[@narrowninja157]

now buy some lizards or frogs

[@socolovsky]

@robertadamplant That thing is a plug closing the water container.

[@larryseus3437]

What do you use for the front board caves and stuff that's awesome ant keeping done right :)

[@scottlincoln9900]

Holy fuck....do they actually dig out tunnels like that?! That's beastly insane...

[@socolovsky]

@TheSovietBears Army Ants by Phonetic Composition

[@socolovsky]

@DannyT994 The upper edges of the tank and the bottom of this horizontal shelf lieing on the top are covered with talcum in order to prevent ants from escaping. It is also very important to feed them well, than they do not try to escpae very often:).

[@Shiningforceking]

How did you get them to make the colony next to the glass instead than in the middle of the tank?

[@socolovsky]

The Ytong absorbs water from the container by itself thanks to its porous structure. The entire Ytong shouldn't be wet, becouse ants need some wet and dry chambers as well. The capillary forces that allow the water to go upwards the Ytong are reduced by gravity forces. Thanks to this, the lower parts of Ytong are more wet than the upper parts.

[@kartonburn]

robi wrażenie tylko żeby ci nie wylazły z akwarium bo bedzie problem. Bardzo ładne

[@0thRside]

Definetly large ;)