TESTUBE ALTERNATIVES | D colony
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2023
- The biggest update of our almost 3 years old pet ant colony. If you happen to like it, Don't forget to leave a thumbs up, or share it to our fellow ant keepers, thank you buddies for supporting the ants. EP 91
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This is a safety issue comment regarding the use of grout (sanded or not) and plaster.
These two can be harmful to skin and lungs when the dust particles are airborne. Grout has fine silica shards that when inhaled can cause irreversible damage to your lungs. The severity depends on the amount inhaled and period.
Wear dust masks (n95 or higher is recommended), gloves, and preferably, work outdoors where ventilation can help blow the dust away from your face (make sure there are no people nearby).
Sure buddy, I use mask but I don't think gloves is necessary.
I bet you are the health and safety guy in your life 😂
Bro can turn anything into an antfarm. Good to have you back dude.
Thanks so much buddy 🫡
@@Dcolony How do the ants drink water tho?
THE DIY LEGEND HAS CAME BACK!
That's so nice of you buddy 🙏🫡
As always, keep up the great work. This video was very helpful. But I enjoy your videos of wild ants even more.
Glad you like them buddy! I appreciate your continuous support to the channel. 🙏
You're such a blessing d colony, thanks!
So nice of you buddy 🫡
I miss this diy's d colony it's been a while 🙏
Here you go buddy 🫡
When I hear that roboter voice, my first impulse is to click away and I really have to remind myself that it's a good channel and I wanna keep watching.
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To take this seriously with that artificial meme voice is hard XD
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Me whenever The d colony music starts : 💃💃💃💃
I appreciate the support buddy thanks! 🫡
Finally a new video. 🎉
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I like to just get two small pieces of cotton and make it wet and put it on one side
It works very well soooo ya
I do that too in the past buddy, but they don't last long enough.
Been waiting on a video from D colony. Glad to see this today Buddy!
Thanks buddy, Hope you enjoyed it!
@@Dcolony Always do!
I wish the plastic were more clear, or better yet glass. I'm going to look at small glass containers.
That would be great buddy, I did try to find a better containers too like glass ones but can't find anything in this size.
Hey, D Colony!
Yo buddy! Sup?
@@Dcolony sorry im not able to donate
No worries buddy, that's not necessary. Just watching the video already helps a lot 🫡
Hola.
Wow, siempre he envidiado esa vena artística de las personas.
Que excelentes opciones para tubos, además creo que las reinas prefieren la textura de esa mezcla que lo liso del cristal sin mencionar que se ven más lindos esas 'cámaras reales' que unos fríos tubos de ensayo.
Muchas felicidades por tan buen trabajo y gracias por compartirnos tus resultados.
Desde México
Thanks so much buddy! 🫡
Thank you very much this tutorial was extremely helpful
Welcome! Glad it helped buddy.
@@Dcolony thank yoo
Thanks 😊
No problem buddy! 😊
Yo this vids are sick keep it up.
Sorry I have been commenting on your videos been really busy lately still love your videos
Thanks man Welcome back! 🙏
Hey D colony, I’m wanted to start making my own nests and formicariums for my ants. I was wandering if you had a video on how to make your grout mixture, or if you could tell me how to make it. Thanks
Go for it buddy, check out this short vid
th-cam.com/users/shortsQO1i8VIIPIE?feature=share
😅He’s back!!!!
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Yep today in my country sabah. There's been alot of nuptial flight after alot of raining season.
Wow! That's great buddy hope you get your dream queen ants 🙏
@@Dcolony found it, Weaver queen ant!.
How do you think about making ventilation for the water tower version? i plan to use this for carebara castanea
For this small size the entrance is enough for ventilation buddy.
cool
Thanks 🫡
THE BEAST IS BAACCKK!!!
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How do you provide a water drinking source for chambers like this?
They can drink on the wet floor buddy, except for the one with water tower.
Hi buddy can you make soon a video about comparing plastic and glass test tubes
Glass testubes are better buddy, the plastic is cheaper but can be easily scratch that will make the view blurry in the long run.
SO GOOD I'M GONNA DO THIS NOW.KEEO THIS UP BRO👆👆
Thanks buddy 🫡
Where did you get the containers
I bought it from a grocery store buddy.
Love this content! Can you suggest a good barrier for an outworld?
Olive oil or fluon both great buddy .
Where you bought the 100 microns mesh?
Shopee buddy.
What brand/kind of grout do you recommend? I’ve been trying to find the right kind in Belgium in my language (Dutch) but I can’t seem to figure out what the right material is to buy. Big fan of your videos fyi! Learned a lot from you ❤
Thanks buddy, I use a normal tile grout with ABC brand. If possible take the sanded grout variation its better for water absorption.
@@Dcolony hi thank you! Any tips on what I should look out for? I don’t want to poison my ants by accident if I cure the grout wrong or pick the wrong one. That is my main concern. Any findings from previous experience are super welcome ❤️🙌🏻
Your DIYs are easy and informative but what is that thing you use to put sand and grout in
It's aquarium scraper buddy the smaller side.
I'll give you 2 dares.........
1.I dare you to pick this comment
2.I dare you to make an ant formicarium using a bottle with ready made tunnels
Let's see buddy.
Can queen ant (with eggs and broods) survive when ship with this founding setup?
Not sure buddy, haven't tried it yet.
Can i use sand and wet it so the queen will be the one digging?
Yes buddy, but sand tunnels is easier to collapse better use sterelized dirt, or Coco peat.
Can you do formicarium for weaver Ant please
I haven't experimented on them yet buddy since I wanna use plants on them, main reason why I'm not keeping them since I don't have big enough container to keep the plants as well, but let's see.
Awww man! I've been working on the same video idea. Yours look way better though 😑😑
Go for it! 🫡
I still want to see it!
D colony do you know if these will work with atta??
Sorry, No experience with atta buddy.
What do you use as an ant barrier?
Fluon and olive oil buddy, depends on the type of ant.
@@Dcolony Thanks. I've heard that larger species like camponotus cant cross an oil barrier, but smaller species require fluon or something simmilar to keep them from escaping.
Can I use gypsum?
Yes buddy.
Great Ideas and hope you catch some more Queens! Also I'm an Ant TH-camr so can I have a shout out? Thanks!
Sure buddy, stay tuned!
Please a tutorial with cement
You can follow this for cement buddy, it will work fine just change the grout with cement.
Can you make these with air dry clay
Sorry, I don't have experience using it buddy so I don't have an idea.
@@Dcolony I tried to do one a few days before I asked you and I wouldn't recommend it. Now it's dried a bit it has shrunken and cracked and adding water back to it turns it back to clay, I thought I'd ask for your advice anyway since you have good experience building these. I've made one out of cement and perlite now so will see how this hydrates. Much love
D colony my fire ants will move into there first ant farm in a few days. There growing population slowed down with later feeding and fridge.
As for my marauder ants still no majors
I got gifted with a sandwich type nest (balik bayan gift) that ill move my fire ants to it has a lot of flaws but i can fix them
D colony what do you suggest on what type of sand i use for digging
Sterelize Coco peat or dirt is better than sand buddy.
That's nice buddy, but don't put tropical ant specie on fridge.
I want to make it but I don't know what NAT is in our language
What do you mean by NAT buddy?
@@Dcolony I don't know, it's an automatic translation of the material you use in your video, so I'm asking what the name is in Indonesian
bro how to mix grout i really want to make that😔
I just follow the instructions on the grout packaging buddy, but I believe I made a more detail mixing of grout on my 1st ever diy video buddy, just check the playlist ant keeping DIY. Hope it helps.
Idol plss teach me how to keep tjaw queen ihave 2 but both of them die plss make a video about that
I have a video for that one buddy, feel free to check it on the channel.
ehhhhm ehm....
D colony I appreciate your content and efforts for us, I caught you doing a mistake nearly killing ghost ant colony a.k.a Tapinoma Melanochephalum which is native to your country Philippines thanks for reading carefully. And hope youll check the antwiki for more info (many other species might also be native that you may have been native without yourself knowing)
I believe tapinoma melanocephalum native range is unknown buddy, but no problem with that. I will eliminate even native ants if they pose danger to my pet ants, as long as they are not endangered specie i don't see wrong with that.
I’m waiting for a certain type of ant
Cool buddy, hope you can get some.
@@Dcolony yep! They a pavement ants, I have seen them take flight late summer early fall
did ur destructuve ants die
Nope buddy, why?
@@Dcolony because my brother ate my pet ants there was 50?
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Too dry this year I haven’t found any 😞 😢 😔
Ain't done yet buddy, hopefully we can both get some soon.