How to Build an Ant Nest | Modular Concrete Formicarium 

Why doesn’t this guy have more views he is so helpful and deserves more

Thank you so much for putting the effort in videos! They are awesome and very helpful. Effort noticed and keep making em

It’s finally here! This’ll be very helpful for many future ant keepers :D

I like that you added blue tac on the edge of the glass it gives it a nice touch

Your videos are such high quality. Keep up the amazing work. Your shots are clear and focused and the material you cover is succinct and to the point while being extremely full of information. GREAT WORK.

pov: ur watching this for the 5th time

I haven't seen anyone with a store that actually teaches how to build nests yet, and I think you're the first. That's what makes you the best in my opinion.

i am an AntsCanada fan for years now and just HAPPENED to stumble onto this one... oh boy, another high quality ants channel ! And thanks for this guide, i found a camponotus queen and are now looking at future nests, but i hate the whole plastic look so this yton diy seems awesome !

Nice vid jordan like always! :)

This Is so cool pleeeeeaaaaase do more of these!

All of your videos have been outstanding. I've always wanted an ant farm growing up, but it was never allowed. I can finally experience owning one while teaching my children, and without the time you've taken to share your invaluable knowledge on it all, I would have never found the courage to do so. You are a treasure!

Even though I don't own any ants yet I find your videos calming and relaxing as I start preparing for my first colony.

Wow, awesome nests! They look great, too. Will definitely make one when my colony gets big enough!

Hey :D I have a cool design of an ant terrarium i found on youtube, i'm using it for my red fire ants :D. So it is a transparent plastic cup where i've put some earth for the ants to dig-in and some ligth collored sand on the top for better visualisation :D. It is ideal to observer the ants scavenging for food and their little tunnels on the walls of the cup. It's just a founding colony, i'll move them to a much bigger natural setup ;D.

Thank you for the tutorial, mate! I spent several extremly hardworking hours making my own formicarium by your guide - it was fun, simple and made me experience simple joy of making something usefull by my own hands. I even put effort to make paint on my own, used clay and flour - but it was a fail in the end. Paint got cracks all over and eventually because of watering it was covered by mold. As a workaround I dried formicarium, removed all handmade paint and used acrylic paint instead. It works fine for me.

Love your video quality! I am currently housing my ant colony (Iridomyrmex sp.) in your Ytong Nest Size 01 with a AntsCanada outworld. I have just recently bought this queen and they already have an explosive population of about 50 workers! Something that I realized about the queen is that she really likes her nest extremely humid and warm. Something to say about this colony is that they love their ytong nest because they see to like ridges in the ytong for gripping. Best of luck to everyone entering the contest!

im housing in a ytong and acrylic. camponotus is in the acrylic and irydomrmex in the ytong.i really am looking forward to keeping more queens and watching them grow

he large habitat with vertical slabs on the side and the "park" on the top looks absolutely *BEAUTIFUL!!!!* I can't wait for that video! really loved this one where you craft a new one! wonder if you could do more videos like this 🙂

As an absolute newby to ants, this has to be the most helpful video I've seen so far thank you.👍 Cant wait to get going now

His videos are so useful and has inspired me to keep ants. He deserves more. Keep it up!!!

Great video! Planning to make my own!

Dude can I say your videos are by far the best on youtube for ants. Please upload more often. Im tired of the Disney Stories that we recieve every week from antscanada

Your videos are always intriguing to watch, thank you for the high quality videos. My ants are Messor Structur and they a currently in a plaster formicarium hand-made by me! Cheers!

Hey, I love your RU-vid channel and you have inspired me to keep ants. My queen and her workers are housed in an AAC nest (inspired by this video) keep up the good work!

I'm not an ant keeper yet but I really want to become one. I'm planning on getting some AntsCanada nests but now after seeing this video the AAC is much more aesthetically pleasing!

My current ant colony is housed within a test tube. Since solenopsis ants are rather small (2-3 millimeters) they settle nicely in the humid test tube, which has been covered by the same napkin for around 3 months, ever since the nanitics hatched in August. So far, they are doing very well, with a very large pile of brood and a pretty elusive queen, who I rarely see. They are set to welcome their 4th or 5th generation any day now!

It takes a lot of creativity, time and patience but the results are awesome. Great looking nests!

this channel is amazing, can't wait to see it blow up like it deserves!!

I caught all my ant queens last March and June so I'm still keeping them in test tubes. They actually all started out in syringes since I couldn't find any test tubes. They work just as well if you melt the tip closed with a lighter but after acquiring some test tubes form a pharmacy I have to say it's a lot more aesthetically pleasing. I have four colonies in test tubes but actually until recently I owned five colonies. The fifth one I moved to a jar within a jar setup with sand in between when it reached around ten workers but just a few days ago I accidentally drowned them when I was hydrating them. The water made the sand slip and a cave in happened. It was a Formica cunicularia colony. It hits hard when a stupid mistake ruins months of work but that's life I guess. Anyway my dream setup would be a giant acrylic nest with a large polygynous colony inside of it kind of like your argentine ants's setup. P.S Merry Christmas! Orthodox Christmas that is.

Hi✌️. I am housing most of my ants in these AAC-Setups. They all are doing very well. Just my Pheidole indica Kolonie lives in a concrete-Nest. So they cant‘t breaking out. Greetings from Germany ;)

Please don’t turn into clickbait. You’re my favorite channel

Thank you for yet another awesome video, Jordan! I had dabbled in some ytong carving but never managed to complete an enclosure, your tips have shown me exactly where I failed and how to fix my errors! I look forward to my beloved consorbrinus queen piling brood like yours! Also all 4 of my setups are all tubs with tubes but their development is slow and they do not seem entirely comfortable. I will be upgrading them to your DIY AAC nests ASAP, for visual benefits as well as being able to manage the hydration better.

#Antsaustralia Another awesome video! Great job! I'm currently housing my "Camponotus ligniperdus" colony in a semi-naturalistic setup. They are able to dig on the sides of the terrarium but not in the middle. So I can always see them & and their self-made tunnels! My 2nd colony "Lasius Niger" (Very common in Switzerland) lives in a tubs & tubes setup, but I'm planning to build a AAC-Nest. Or with a little bit of luck I may win one ;-) Sorry for my bad English and greetings from Switzerland!

I can tell this is going to be great ! Amazing work as always Jordan ! Sucks AAC, Ytong, and Hebble aren't available to us keepers in the US. Right now I have colonies only in test tubes, but I have absolutely tons. I do have one colony in a naturalistic setup, and it's Pheidole

Awesome job man. You got yourself a new subscriber. Found your videos on RU-vid from them being in the video list while watching another ant channel. Keep up the good work.

My nest is a Ytong nest, I have been trying to make one for ages but I could not think of a way to hydrate the nest so I found this video amazingly helpful and it also gave me loads of extra tips and told me when I did the wrong things! I love this series and keep it going! Hopefully I will maybe win this contest!

Way to go, will have to try this sometime soon! XD

instead of you going to the ant the ant comes to you hahaha!

Thanks so much for continuing to put out these videos even though you have a shop now it's awesome

Great video as always mate!Really like your tutorials and nests!!

1 day i was playing on the beach and an ant flew on my sand castle that was the luckiest experience in ant keeping ever.

I did this but my queen moved into the hole for them to move through and I can't see them.

I'm housing mine in a test tube connected to an outworld, and now I'm building an AAC nest, I'm inspired! They were hasty at first, very nervous however now take seed into their tubes. Greetings from England, too!

Ive been really intrested in ant keeping for the past year, and I even bought a fishtank in hopes of one day having a colony big enough to house in it. My dream setup would be a bunch of aquariums attached together with vinyl tubing, with a giant housing unit where you can see the nest from all sides. Thanks for what you do!

i am nesting my ants in a natural terrarium.A lot of colonies had died there but i maneged to acomodate one local species .It is an aquarium filled with dirt and some plants made from plastic. #antsaustralia

Hello Jordan

Great video as usual! Loved watching this and can't wait for more 👍

Brilliant! I can't wait to do this with my wife and kids! Thank you for sharing this DIY!

When I saw the video on my feed, it thought AAC stands for Ants Australia Colony.

Hi im housing my ant in a huge 14 inch terrarium i also grow some 3 leaf clovers also please say i won because i m only 11 and i love to grow my queen ant

Hi, in about 20 days time I'm going to start raising an any colony and this is really helpful, im actually addicted to your vidios so thank you

Hello Jordan. I'm happy to watch your channel. I have been involved in ant farming for nearly 2 years, hunting and designing my own houses from Thach Cao, Ytong... When I watch your channel, I find myself making many mistakes when building a house. That's probably why my ant colonies are slow to develop. Thank you so much Inspirer 😄

Ants in a jewelry box / organizer Clear

I nest my rats in a bird cage

So excited for the all in one videos!

Well done mate. Great video. Looking forward to all I’m one nests.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm not 1st, and niether are you!

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DUDE!!! My son has just got into ant keeping and ive been researching different kinds of nests after he got a porcelain kit for his birthday and we are not wanting it to break in his room. Found these AAC 200x600x100 blocks are at Bunnings for $6.30 after watching this video. Definitely going to make our own nest(s) now ive watched this. The 200x600 block will be perfect for building the starter colony and then the left overs will be used for expanding. Thanks so much!

Watching Ants Australia's content for me is like yoga. So calm and rerlaxing.

cool FIRST

You are doing great on the videos, and as always, you are doing it like a professional, I love it, 10/10 score

I love your ant nets that you make , and your videos are very interesting

Hey Jordan! I'm a new ant keeper and have three queens in test tube set ups currently. A banded sugar ant queen, black pavement ant queen and another (brownish) queen that I'm unsure of her species, but she has really tiny eggs, smaller than the pavement ant's eggs. In the future I want to house the camponotus (sugar ant) colony in a clear fornication connected to an outworld to watch them grow, and house the other two in natural nests. They all have eggs and I'm so excited to watch their colonies grow! :) :) :) Keep up the awesome work with this channel, it's been really helpful for me as a new ant hobbyist!

That all in one setup looks insane!!!

You are a comforting person. You are great! 👍

I watched this a while ago and always enjoyed it, so I thought I'd come back and watch again

This Friday I’m finally getting my first ants and this will help me out so much thank u

Me and my dad just made one of these! Your tutorials are super helpful :D

Once again great video mate I keep atta in LC ants pods and they are doing great growing nice.

I'm housing three colonies in tubs and tubes setups and one in a tarheel ants nest. They're hibernating right now, but I'm planning on moving the ones in tubs and tubes setups into new nests come spring time. I'm envious of the huge piles of brude in that Camponotus colony of yours, but happy for you for having such a successful colony!

This is a very awesome video that im sure will help alot of new beginners !

Hi, I currently don't house any ants and to help with my depression I have to get something that relaxes me and I really want to start an ant Colonie. I don't have a lot of money so winning a nest would be so great. I love all ant channels ant shows and you are doing a great job. Keep doing what you do.

I use this material too, and I think your tutorial is the best on yt. Great channel :)

I don’t have any ants at the moment but I really want to catch a queen and start a colony but I’m not sure to be an ant keeper, I love watching you and other ant RU-vidrs take care of ants, honestly love watching yall

the all in one looks so cool!

Finally more videos! Thank you and I love your content

I’m housing my two main colonies, (A 20 worker C.Consobrinus colony, and a 2 worker M.Nigrocincta colony) in a test tube, connected up to an external outworld, which I have built by myself. These ants work well in these setups, as I can cover their tube, while still feeding them, and watching them forage. I’m glad they like this setup, as i used to have the Camponotus is a Size 3 AA nest, but it was too big for them, and they were stressed and unhealthy. When they get bigger, I do plan on moving them back into it, but in due time!

Thank you for your great ideas and enthusiast about ants. I built mine on a see-through jar for starters just like me. I really love to watch ants building their own colony or scavenging foods for their nursery. Looking forward for more videos Sir. I will try this wonderful idea someday. Godbless you always.

I am keeping my ants in aac nests,test toobs, and a small dirt one. Thanks for making this awesome video it helped alot.

I house my winter ants in an an old candy container that used to hold candy rocks. It had separate areas and I drilled small holes to let them walk through. I also put a small sponge in one of the areas and make a even smaller hole to let the moisture trough. They're doing great and I hope I can make one of these setups my self

Great video! #AntsAustralia I have my colonies in different housings so I can see which works best for me. I have one each of your fantastic acrylic and ytong medium sized nests, one tubs and tubes setup and one layered transparent acrylic/outworld all-in-one nest that came from a store in Greece. So far, I like the the Ants Australia acrylic layered nest the most because it's so well constructed and the water levels are easy to gauge visually. Great work Jordan, thanks so much for making this great hobby easier for so many people.

Hey mate awesome video can hear the passion in every word. My Pheidole queen you sent me is going strong she's got a 23 strong colony all looking healthy. Thanks again so much.

Absulutely love this nest im now buying the materials RIGHT NOW! Im so exited

Epic video Jordan! Great to have an Aussie ant keeper to get some advice an Aussie species :). I am new to ant keeping, so most of my queens are in test tube set ups, but I have a suspected Myrmecia pilosura queen that I have in a tube and tubes set up. She doesn’t come out of her tube often, but she walks around calmly in her out world so she seems settled in fine. I will move one of my colonies into a spate terrarium I have when they get workers so I can see how that goes. Will make the nests you did in this video for the rest. :)

Thanks Jordan for making this video, I’ve recently bought some ytong and had no luck as it keeps braking. This will really help me especially with my camponotus consobrinus nests.😆😆

Thank you Jordan. Your videos are excellent!

I am building my first AAC house. Thank you for all your videos.

This is a great video, please keep it up !

Dude that Formicarium looks awesome!

Thank you for ur amazing video! It really helped💕 keep on ur great work!

Hi, Jordan. I have three different ant colonies and I am raising them in three different set ups. My first colony is living in the tubs and tubes set up, they have begun moving sand into their nest (the test tube) to build a wall around the queen. My second colony is living in a naturalistic set up with succulents growing in their nest, I have found a beetle and a spring tale in their nest, I also discovered my colony is a fan of seafood. My final colony is living in a classic uncle Milton nest connected to their test tube, this colony eats everything I give them but sadly have not started making tunnels and are still living in the test tube. Thankfully all the queens seem to be happy with their colonies and I am excited to see what they will do next. :)

finally! A new episode from ants aus!

His Ants and Ant Homes are amazing! So are his vids!

Thanks so much ants Australia your amazing for months i have been trying to find a good nest because I am getting some ants soon and this gave me the perfect design and idea for my nest

this video is great i can't wait to make colonies. Thank You

I found TWO, new ant channels today. You, and Ants Invasion. I can stop watching Ants Canada videos over and over now lol. So happy!

Hey, great video! im housing my ants in test tubes, gipson, ytong, acrylic and dirt setups. All made for their species. They are all doing great :)

Awesome video. I'm not creative but even that I could do! I currently house my two colonies (myrmica rubra and messor barbarus) in acrylic formicariums but I've just got a ytong formicarium for a colony of Lasius Flavus that I will be getting so excited to be trying something different. Keep up the awesome videos!

thanks for your very informative video! i liked it a lot 😊