Feeding ants in a home ant farming
If you are just starting your adventure with ants, you are probably wondering about feeding ants.
We have already written a lot on this subject, so we recommend that you read our previous posts on this topic:
How to feed ants?
New feeders and waterers in the AntCenter offer
In connection with the introduction of new feeders and waterers made of high-quality 3D printing, we decided to boast about their new design and write about the role of these accessories in home ant farming.
1. Key accessories - feeders and waterers.
2. Feeders - facilitating the ant feeding.
3. Watering dishes - an essential source of water.
Key accessories - ant feeder and watering dishes
Appropriate feeders and drink dishes are an essential element in home ant farming. Their use:
1.Makes it easier to control the colony's diet,
2.Prevents the arena from getting dirty - hygienic feeding
3.Provides insects with constant access to food and water - adaptation to the needs of a specific ant species
4.Allows monitoring the colony's appetite, which can be an indicator of its health and condition.
In natural conditions, ants obtain food in a dispersed manner, exploring the environment and transporting found resources to the nest. In home antkeeing, the ant keeper is responsible for providing food in a convenient and safe way for the ants.
Feeders - facilitating ant feeding
Feeders allow the feeding of various types of food - from insects and animal protein, through nectars and sugar syrups, to ready-made mixtures dedicated to individual species. The correct way of using them has a huge impact on the hygiene in the formicarium, preventing the decomposition of food remains and the development of mold and bacteria.
Types of feeders in home ant keeping
AntCenter offers feeders of various sizes, they are printed using 3D printing technology, from PLA filament or imitating wood:
- small feeders: Feeder 2.5x2.5 cm; Feeder with root
- medium-sized feeders: Feeder ROBOT; Feeder SMILE
- large feeders for ants: Feeder Ant Swedish Table
- honey feeders for honey: Round honey feeder WOOD; Honey feeder with honey
- feeders - dispensers for jelly or seeds: Root for jelly or other food
- food dispensers: Food dispenser size M; Seed dispenser 75 mm high
- glass feeders: Glass Petri dish diameter 40 mm height 12 mm
Their advantage is the ease of cleaning and the ability to control the amount of food consumed.
Regular cleaning of feeders is crucial to maintaining the colony in good condition - food residues can rot and be a source of pathogens, which in a closed ecosystem of a formicarium can lead to serious health problems.
Watering dishes - an essential source of water
Ants, like other living organisms, require constant access to water. In artificial conditions, they take water from the nest, which the breeder irrigates, a waterer built into the formicarium or from a free-standing waterer. Lack of proper hydration can lead to the weakening of the colony and, in extreme cases, to its death.
In our offer, you will mainly find gravity waterers - stand-alone or with a feeder:
- glass - in 3 sizes: Glass waterer 5 ml
- 3D printing: Waterer 3x2.5 cm; Sunshine Waterer
- double function- waterers and feeders at the same time: Double waterer and feeder; Ant ComboBox
Summary
Using appropriate feeders and drink dishes in antkeeping significantly facilitates maintaining hygiene in the anthill and serving food and water to ants. Their proper selection and maintenance is the key to the success of any ant keeping operation, regardless of the ant species.
It is also safe to say that the range of feeders and watering dishes - generally containers for serving ant food - at AntCenter is very rich.
Greetings to the Reader,
The Queen of Ants