DIY - Founding Chamber Gypsum Formicarium with Outworld

[@australianpolyrhachis]

Thank you for showing us this! Always cool to see different ways to make a nest.

[@TheAnttarium]

Glad to make the content! I hope my videos will lead to some cool creations by antkeepers worldwide

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Excellent 👌

[@olliefs9298]

I am soooooo keen to get started on my nests using your methods.... LOVE it!

[@736_ant]

Your video was so informative I watched it all

[@TheAnttarium]

Glad you liked it!

[@PhantomKristy]

Nice clean little setup! Looks great!

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you!

[@ObservingAntsPhilippines]

I like the idea 💯💯

[@TheUrbanAntKeeper]

Great video as always!

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you!

[@alexandernh2210]

Wow once more great build!!!

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you!

[@tylermaulin5335]

So I used this method to make outworlds and it came out great. Only thing is one day I was holding it upside down to tap a bunch of ants into another outworld and the whole cement pour fell out! I'm wondering how tarheels are so secure? Maybe tap every cement pour out and put some adhesive?

[@fourmis6087]

Thank's very great vidéo

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you

[@UKWildcatsNumber1]

Incredible! Do you have a link with more pictures? I’d like to see the side view where you can see into the water tower. I’d also like to better understand the use of the coffee stirrer and where it’s placed. I assume it’s to fill the water tower? Does it hang above the water tower or go into it through the side? How are your ants getting water? Are you giving it to them in the out world?

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you! I can put them on my IG if you like. The coffee stirrers act as a tube so that you can inject water into the tower without soaking the rest of the cement. If you fill up the tower without a straw, it will just slowly leak out into the cement and drain it faster. The hole is drilled into its side at an angle. The Neoponera ants going into these nests cannot regurgitate water or food and must have open water sources. I give them water dishes in the outworld. Other ants will have liquid feeders such as the ByFormica brand.

[@UKWildcatsNumber1]

@@TheAnttarium our UltrCal30 came in the mail today!

[@krampuspops9302]

Hello, im trying to make my own nests currently which silicone did you use? Im unsure of which kind to use.

[@jovan6512]

Is the water Tower just for increasing the humidity, or can the ants drink the evaporating water so I don't need another water source for drinking?

[@TheAnttarium]

The water tower is strictly for humidity in the nest. The ants have water and nectar feeders in their outworld.

[@downsouthantkeeper3802]

Awesome 👏🏽

[@TheAnttarium]

Thank you!

[@junjiemagbanua7002]

What kind of acrylic box did you use?

[@sebag.001]

is there a brand of gypsum you recommend using?

[@MingieTheCoward]

is this plaster or concrete?

[@EricHockridge]

Where do you get those outworld containers?

[@TheAnttarium]

They are model car display cases from Hobby Lobby

[@EricHockridge]

@@TheAnttarium ah dang. Unavailable for me then here in BC. Cheers! Enjoying the content 👍

[@sifou0550]

What sp do you think of keeping here?

[@TheAnttarium]

The ones mentioned in the video are Neoponera villosa

[@sifou0550]

@@TheAnttarium Alright