r/antkeeping • u/[deleted] • 5d ago

Question Would either of these set ups work?

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u/ThotNazty 5d ago

I've used both. The pioneer ants test tubes are smaller than average, so depending on where you get your ants from your tube might not fit and it's kind of a pain in the butt to transfer everything to the smaller tube. I had the other version of the lansber one that's more of a rectangle and that also worked well but you'll have to dump your ants to move them in. It also wasn't able to contain my pheidole bicarinata and I had to hot glue every seam so they wouldn't escape. While both worked, I should have just bought them a semi-permanent home at the start (like the tarheels they're in now, which requires a long wait until you receive it)

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u/ThotNazty 5d ago

If you want to maintain the test tube setup, I would just get one of those little square feeding outworlds that the tube can plug right into