I made one vivarium for my two army ant colonies

This is my new tropical vivarium! The two 'army ant' species inside are technically not the classic Dorylus army ant - but damn close in my opinion! They are all flourishing together at this very moment I am writing this and I hope you will enjoy seeing the development of this glorious vivarium in the years to come.
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[@A-Gutierreeezz]

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[@marshallmurphy7508]

@@nordicants6232 when are you posting again

[@Lapis.hnk.1984]

LETS GOOO!

[@snickers857]

@@nordicants6232 19:26 name this ants?

[@nordicants6232]

@@marshallmurphy7508 Within 100 years :D

[@Troglobitten]

i would totally watch a weekly video that shows things that happen in your vivariums, I don't think there's anyone out there with as complex a foodweb as yours

[@nordicants6232]

Its about to become more complex!! Thank you sm for the kind words :D

[@carsoncrews]

100% agree been watching his videos for around 3 or so years now and no one else does this like him with such diversity with an virvarium with aquatic life and all that conistist of multiple different species too

[@ManuelPulga47-by5ui]

😊0088

[@eowynbates9376]

I don't know if anyone has answered you yet, but I think your mystery millipede is a bumblebee/yellow banded millipede (Anadenobolus monilicornis). Also, it looks like your UV millipede is male! You can tell by the little separation in the legs near the head where the gonopods are located.

[@munchaking1896]

Ants Canada has been keeping a huge Marauder Ant colony this year and discovered that the larger Super Majors work as Repletes storing food in thier social stomachs deep inside the nest.

[@nordicants6232]

Yes! That they do. They also help break nuts etc that they bring back into the colony

[@AntsCzech]

Sadly that wasn't really a thing to discover :D By the size and built, you can guess they work as repletes, just like many other species' majors and soldiers do

[@ladyl5909]

I learned that from AC too! Between AC, Exotics Lair, and Nordic I am learning so many cool things about slimy, scaley, hairy, and scary little creatures! I don't think I'd own any except Possibly an ant colony, but I sure do enjoy watching and learning from all theirs and yours vids! Can't wait to see where this vivarium is going and what all creatures get featured!!!

[@HeriqueMartins]

The tropical millipede looks like a bumblebee millipede for me.

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you for input! :D it says hi back to you

[@nmci8959]

I feel like a species of vampire crab would do lovely in here, most species are very colorful, breed pretty readily, are detritivores and omnivores, and are amphibious, capable of taking advantage of all the space in the terrarium!

[@cheezygaming4295]

7:26 test in peace Larry :(. Awesome video, Carebara Diversa are my favorite ant species! This video was so fun to watch like all your vids, can’t wait for the next one! :D

[@lgnoramaLama]

The yellow and black millipede is a bumblebee millipede as it seems, they stay quite small in comparison, about 10cm I think, also the lichen stuff in most colors and forms is one of millipedes favourites food and also quite important to them, so put some lichen sticks inside sometimes, if it doesn't grow naturally ✌🏼😊

[@nordicants6232]

Damn sick facts!! Thank you so much. Do you know why they need lichen?? :D

[@lgnoramaLama]

@@nordicants6232 well i dont exactly know why and couldnt find it on the internet either but they simply love it as far as i recognised 😄 in addition a diverse food table is important as you know and i could imagine this stuff contains quite unique things, you also often see millipedes nibble on bark as on the video, seems like they look for the lichen stuff 🤔 well and isopods also love it as a treat 😁

[@jessehunter362]

@@nordicants6232 Lichen is high in protein and has the toxins that keep them safe from ants.

[@tarronadam5435]

I love seeing all the animals in your tanks interact. with most of them still intact after long periods of time. Im excited for the next video. Its living art.

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much!! and nature is definitely living art :D

[@SaudiHaramco]

15:20 i'm pretty sure that worm escaped underground here. You can tell he only has like 10% of the worm in his mouth when it goes under the rock.

[@nordicants6232]

Omg that might be true. Although like most of the worm is inside (more than 10% imo) but maybe you are right. Sly cooper escape xD well observed!!

[@NiteHunter13T]

I thought he had bitten off the portion of worm in his mouth.

[@munchaking1896]

You remade your vivarium at your new house? Great! I cant wait to see what animals you put in there.

[@nordicants6232]

Yes I did! Remade it better imo ;) looking forward showing it to you :D

[@ArvinLammers]

The standing log in the water is so cool

[@nordicants6232]

Love it tooo

[@WrathfulTyriel]

Just found your channel. After watching AntsCanada for so long I have been craving new ant content. Keep up the good work you have gained a new sub from me.

[@xXInk_blotchXx]

Same here! 🖐

[@theodorelag1178]

same here too!

[@abrealgaming5649]

I have been watching this going on 3 years now and I have to say your presentation has gotten so good and your speaking has become a lot more enthralling and fun to listen to you clearly are very confident and having fun and it makes me happy whenever I see an upload Don't stop doing what you're doing

[@johnnycraft4583]

You should make a vivarium filled either only passive ant colonies or a vivarium with colonial tarantulas, or even have leafcutter ants in the vivarium since they're known to be one of the few ant species to stand toe to toe against army ants and ither aggressive ant species.

[@nordicants6232]

Yeah those are all supercool ideas!! I really want to but we will see what I can manage ;) maybe in the future

[@johnnycraft4583]

@@nordicants6232 you should try acorn ants due to their passive behavior and their size, maybe even some species that Antscanada himself is recently keeping.

[@A1.SoMoSa]

Fr this is actually interesting af , seeing shit that’d happen in the wild but in a controlled environment , didn’t think I’d watch this type of stuff ngl 😂

[@gardenofhope]

Nordic ants, yes a new video, they are always entertaining.

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you ;)

[@AntsScandinavia]

Glad to see you up and working with a new viv! Happy the Peruian Trap-jaws settled in nicely ^^

[@ecclesiasticman4417]

17:06 that poor wriggling injured ant near the middle right of the screen.

[@nordicants6232]

Hope you enjoyed the video! Cant wait to see what will happen when the raider army ants are put inside :D Do you think they will get along? DISCORD: discord.gg/vB2MmCKyjN TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/nordicants

[@samgielen6248]

Really enjoy it!!! But i prefer Longer episodes like your documentaires ❤

[@HawkerHarrier]

Good video btw i love the millipedes as im kinda obseesed that black and yellow one was a bumblebee millipede from florida/carribean

[@nordicants6232]

@@samgielen6248 Will make one for this vivarium around christmas dont you worry! Thank you :D

[@nordicants6232]

@@HawkerHarrier I love it too! she has some other frends like her too. They enjoy exploring a lot

[@KrisPSouls9258]

Love the newts fish and that shrimp. I've got a aquarium full of different colors of shrimp and fish.

[@nordicants6232]

Love them too! They have another species friend as well ;) will show you next video

[@KrisPSouls9258]

@@nordicants6232 That's Awesome!I'm excited to see what it is. Ever since my son started watching your video's he's been big time into making terrariums and putting different bugs and things into them.

[@pailhorsegaming6762]

I personally love the newts! And a new Nordic Ants video!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you :D

[@CamponicoAnts]

Amazing vivarium you have made! And quite some storytelling.. i love it

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you !!! :D makes me happy to hear

[@bschneidez]

Called it. Literally said "scholependra subspinipes" when you were asking what we thought the apex predator would be... Just because it's 100% what I would do if it was legal for me to build a southeast asian vivarium. Some subspinipes can have truly beautiful shells as well

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

Prey mantis is awesome! My favorite but is always the millipedes and second snails.

[@DragonMG2]

These humongous terrariums are so amazing, you did so well!!! Love your vids❤

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you

[@zsigmondfeher4624]

Finally new video! Have been eager to see it! Turned out great!

[@oclavukialufalu8657]

Love the videos! How often do you replace the olive oil barrier?

[@nordicants6232]

Every two weeks maybe :D

[@ObsidianKing]

No matter how many years pass your vivariums never get any less interesting.

[@antsadventure]

Awesome Nordic Ants!! Glad to see new videos. You were one of the reasons I started my channel. :)

[@JasperBouchard]

How did that newt manage to fit the whole worm inside it's little body LOL hats off little guy

[@antsoceania]

16:35 that cricket came back to life 😂

[@BreakerInc]

That determined little newt, so adorable! I know nothing about them, so for me it's just crazy cute to watch him wrestle that worm XD

[@robinschmitz9774]

The unknown millipede is a bumblebee millipede

[@user-bz5xm9bc5m]

Great as always. Great feeding base with all of the decomposers. But with such a big predators and ant species you should constantly add some new population of animals in food chain, especially herbivores, especially with this moist environment. But i really fascinated by your progress and skills you learned from your first vivarium. Btw, are you planning to have termites there?

[@NOTVEVO]

Please more updates, absolutely love your videos! And maybe start livestreams with those

[@BillyFord-hj9ly]

One time I saw this massive praying mantis at London zoo that was win. I realised that my favourite insect or creature was second favourite creature was a praying mantis. Praying mantises are like so cool that’s why I love them so much

[@plumpmoose]

Man I'm always so excited to watch these vids and updates

[@HeriqueMartins]

Well salamander or axolotles are not the best tank mates to fish because fish may try to eat their external lungs.

[@nordicants6232]

I heard this now… my god had no idea and kinda feel bad. Nothing bad happened though luckily!! :D

[@Sinostaga]

I need more lol, I love these kind of videos so much!

[@ethanmartin6731]

I love your videos, I would like to try to create my own vivarium one day

[@prashantsherawat3075]

just an idea. if it is a covered vivarium, cant u add a wasp nest aswell. there's land life and aquatic life in there already. would be cool to have flying predators. i know people have kept wasps in containers just like ants. it would be hard but would be so cool. also this is the dopest vivarium I've seen so far

[@plumpmoose]

Would you ever make a sealed off self sustaining ecosystem terrarium?

[@RNG-999]

Fire Salamanders "Axolotl" LOVES WORMS! It's one of their primary foods, lol.

[@nordicants6232]

Ahahaha yeah damn… but that big? Worm is bigger than the newt!!

[@AntScapes1]

Lets gooooooo!! Can’t wait to see this develop ❤ Absolutely love this channel and it’s the reason I started myself 😄

[@nordicants6232]

That makes me so happy to hear!! Thank you AntScapes

[@AntScapes1]

@@nordicants6232 ❤️❤️

[@ChrisN1973]

I started to watch this alone. 10 mins later my wife and teen daughters were watching too! An awesome video that the entire family was transfixed by! Subscribed!

[@bighossgames1174]

These videos must take forever to make

[@nordicants6232]

They do take a lot of time xD

[@skylandereclipse7369]

I would literally live in there if I could

[@sergioibarra3461]

These channel has THE BEST vivarium videos

[@mitchl5220]

Awesome video dude! That centipede would scare the hell out of me too they are so scary LOL

[@nordicants6232]

They definitely are!! Incredibly scary….

[@Grindclock_dellamorte]

1:57 time stamp, that major is covered in mites. Whoops

[@previoustenant9915]

love you man keep the updates coming

[@hj2098]

Please we need more videos you vids are such good quality

[@knubson]

Welcome Back! Happy to watch your current video!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you! Hope u enjoyed

[@knubson]

@@nordicants6232 Yes, of course, I did.

[@2800finesse]

beautiful videos .. can teach my son off ur vids soo much knowledge love the vivariums dude ty

[@ziepex7009]

im getting into vivariums, would love to see more uploads frequently :)

[@stevionyoung8848]

I think the worm managed to get away from the salamander actually

[@sasvidukandage]

IMAGINE IF THE CENTIPEDE EASCAPES AND YOU FIND IM IN YOUR BED !!

[@A.R.C.77]

15:36 it didn't eat the worm look under the rock it escaped, and is why it still looked thin lol

[@bmelloyello]

at the 15 minute mark that newt didn't eat the worm, it got away.

[@cyclommatus11]

I think those yellow banded millipedes are bumblebee millipedes. I think you'd know why they're called that.

[@Mr_C.Bacteria]

Man, if I had this, I'd be sitting there all day watching them all 😅 the creatures are fascinating on their own but putting them all together into one ecosystem is so interesting to watch ❤

[@nordicants6232]

It truly is!! I hope my videos cover most things with sufficient respect to the actors inside. And that this somehow still entertains you enough :D

[@Mothobius]

Salamander often eat worms longer than they are. I think it will be fine. They can fold it in their stomachs.

[@somecoal]

I think the worm got away, at 15:30 u can kinda see the worm sneaking back under the stone.

[@obambagaming1467]

I don't think Triops can work in a ecosystem like that. First of all, they usually lack predators in the early stages of their lifes since they live in puddles. They can grow quickly. You could technically grow them outside of the ecosystem, and then introduce them. But if they're too small, they would get easily eaten by bigger animals. But once they have reached a certain size, they could kill and eat almost anything in the water. Also Triops only live for a few months at most, but they lay tons of eggs in the soil. But in order for most of those eggs to hatch, they need to dry out for atleast a few weeks. Depending on the species the eggs may even need freezing temperatures once they are dry

[@nordicants6232]

Exactly this I learnt last month!! The plan is to put in one or two larger triops from a separate tank to see them swim around inside. Do you think that is a good idea?

[@obambagaming1467]

@@nordicants6232 no. A larger triops could easily kill the amphibians and fish in the water. They also sometimes attack slightly larger animals if they are weak, by attacking things like fins. Triops are gluttonous predators that wont hesitate to hunt down everything. Also they decimate most water plants like crazy. There are some plants that work, like moss balls, but I had many plants getting decimated by them in mere days

[@ottobrantvall8198]

Just found ur channel i love antscanadq and other terrarium maker and im swedish so its a perfect channel for me

[@nickm2890]

Absolutely brilliant content, dude. Amazing work! I wonder if this is something a rando could do with some practice.

[@Krogzaxants]

This is so amazing! :) Great job! Can't wait to see a update.

[@cat_goes_meow139]

Thank you. Please do more.

[@nordicants6232]

More coming :D

[@DecoderWalrus]

Woohoo! A new Nordic Ants video is better than Birthday gifts

[@halbronco7690]

Miss your stuff man glad to see you again!

[@AlexRejba]

Thank you for your video! You've inspired me to transform a large aquairum into vivarium. I also see that you have 2 plants that I have as well.

[@nordicants6232]

Amazing! Makes me so happy

[@OsD5713]

Put in a huntsman spider! That would be amazing

[@snickers857]

19:26 name this beautyful ants?😍

[@foxer9115]

He needs to make more videos

[@NameName-em2yk]

Those army ants look like ponera genus

[@darius_cummins-thorne1997]

That worm escaped the newt

[@Pannkakaize]

Well the salamander dident eat the worm, you can see the worm getting away under the rockxD

[@joosiekawk]

but this is soooo cool. i would LOVE to build one of these for myself and for my kids....they would love it so much. can i ask what the budget was to get all this set up?

[@mastersheepeditz1972]

The unknown millipede is a bumblebee millipede and only get 2-4cm 👍

[@donvergonet399]

I saw a part of the worm going under the rock so I think the newt cut it off eventually 15:35

[@landrymabb]

9:54 im pretty sure thats a yellow banded milipede

[@user-iq3cq5dp5d]

What was the species of the second army ant colony? Not sure if I missed that. Also I feel you are probably the only person who could pull off keeping slave-raiding formica in a bioactive setup. Not sure if they have those over there or if you are interested in those kind of species but maybe you could try it one day

[@spy_tf2336]

It’s ants from the genus Cerapachys

[@TerpleDerp2600]

Formica are a holarctic genus so they aren’t present anywhere near the southern coast of Asia. It’s definitely a cool idea but wouldn’t work well in a tropical setup as they would also need other species of Formica to perform the raid upon, which would take up pretty much the whole vivarium.

[@user-iq3cq5dp5d]

@@TerpleDerp2600 damn never would I have expected to see you here. I see you often in the Canadian ant servers. Thanks for the info.

[@CyclopsRat]

I think the worm actually got away from the newt in the end… I suspect it didn’t have a large portion of the worm in its mouth, and as the worm crawled under the rock, it used its strength to pull what little length of its body remained in the newts mouth out. The newt most certainly would have a little piece of worm sticking out of its mouth when it resurfaced from under the rock had it been successful. Still very impressive that it went for such large prey!

[@bikerboy5299]

If you don't mind me asking, I'm planning on putting together a vivarium. But I have so many questions. I hope you see this and have some answers for me. 1)do you do open top, wire mesh or what? I'm having issues planning out a top to it that is smart. 2) do you get all of the plant matter and rocks and stuff from nature or do you buy it? I have been planning to get stuff from nature so I can unintentionally bring other species in like In your long term vivarium. 3)Where do you get the critters that you get from this video and your previous video?? I'm wanting to get a few specific things that I can't get in my area in the wild or would he too difficult. Was wondering if you have any good sources.

[@arvopelaa]

You should offer some fruit for centipede! They actually arent only carnivores.

[@nordicants6232]

Really?? Damn I have never heard this. Cool.

[@axelxavier9502]

WE NEED UPDATES

[@gabrielgomez3469]

i think the worm escaped from being eaten. i think you can see it under the rock

[@nordicants6232]

Yeah I have seen that after lol… think the newt cut it actually;)

[@kavcox1]

I feel like this setup is too good for ants

[@dirtywhitellama]

Did the newt actually eat that worm? It seemed more like the worm drifted under the rock and managed to escape, but it was happening in a dark nook so I couldn't really tell for sure.

[@aurora_dawn123]

I think that might be a bumble bee millipede, but I might be wrong

[@minmai4527]

feels like ants will eat all of them living in that tank 😅

[@nordicants6232]

That we will see! I bet not ;)

[@ryanhutson9607]

Not sure about millipedes, but isopods of all species go nuts for Lichens.

[@rat_dragon]

I have huge respect for you man

[@nordicants6232]

I only exist because of you guys! :D

[@SouthAfricanantguy2653]

Hi nordic ants you ants Canada and ants Australia are the reason i keep ants thanks so much for everything and I can't wait I am getting atta sexdens from Brazil probably September or December hope they make alive it's pretty far away hope you have a great day ❤❤

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much!!!! :D Would love for you to try go on my discord and post about your colony? Would love to follow its progress.

[@SouthAfricanantguy2653]

@@nordicants6232 i will make weekly updates if they survive shipping i am getting three they probably will come in September or December

[@oddspadakins]

I think the mantis species is: CRYPTIC-MANTIS SIBYLLA PRETIOSA

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you! Will look up

[@bendunbar8334]

Yellow and black millipede is a bumble bee millipede, think they get to 4cm

[@Ibunshi]

Den med gula/svarta ränder ser ut som Anadenobolus Monilicornis, och de blir inte så stora (under 10 cm) Sen finns det ju andra arter som ser liknande ut som blir större.. Men med de röda benen och antennerna så ser de ut som de jag har.

[@nordicants6232]

Tack så mycket! Hoppas den håller sig under 10 isf xD coolt!

[@StephenLedger]

WOW that was awesome loved watching this.

[@DARKTIME_FREDDY-1964]

Add archer fish in one of your vivaniums they shoot insects in trees etc then the inshect falls into the water and the archer fish eats them also add spiders in this one (small ones not big ones xd)

[@Enderdragon693]

Love your videos keep uploading lots of support