How to Build an Ant Farm | Plaster All in One Formicarium

A comprehensive, In-Depth Guide on How to make a plaster Formicarium (Ant Farm) yourself (DIY). In this Build Video of our Series, we show you how to design and make an "All in One" Ant Terrarium using Plaster as a material. The End Result offers the Ants a Nesting Medium AND an Outworld (foraging area), which are both very essential Components for an Ant Colony to thrive under your care!

Our favourite Ant Colony is then introduced to this Formicarium:
- (Servi-) Formica Cunicularia

The Tools and Materials used are mostly simple - So you can give it a try yourself too!
We hope you follow our Footsteps!


TIME-STAMPS
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0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Formica Cunicularia Colony
2:42 - Materials & Tools needed
4:47 - Mixing Plaster
6:18 - Drawing the Tunnels
6:38 - Carving with Dremel
7:01 - Cutting Nest Cover & Sponges
8:34 - Assembly & Decorations
10:10 - Ants moving in


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Water (distilled, no gas) / Wasser (destilliert, still)
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