INVASIVE species! Fourth tropical vivarium update
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2018
- The fate of our vivarium lies in your hands as you get to decide wether this ferocious and species is allowed to stay inside or not, being a possible threat to other inhabitants. As we discover their current life and behaviors as a small starting colony within, for the moment.
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Nordic ants.
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I never stop being amazed by your vivariums, great work! About the aphids, you could have roses and black crazy ants (paratrechina), crazy ants love aphids, and aphids love roses as far as my rose bushes know.
I vote you let the argentinian ants live in the vivarium.
Also, how do you keep the water so clear?
I have sand around the pond! Thank you :D
14:23 those spiders are called lynx spiders, they are mostly found in people's gardens and mostly feed on smaller spiders, grasshoppers, butterflies, bees and other bugs that they can eat.
I love how you see the ant keeping. You put other species of ants, predator and pother instects together its really amazing that ecosystem thrive or die within your vivarium. If you uploaded more frequntly you would be definitely one of the most interesting ants channel.
Jesus ant back at it again XD great video man
Hahahaha thank you eli! :D yeah #longlivejesusant!
#longlivejesusant 😁🤣😁🤣😁🤣
4:22 "nothing, nada , rien"
I was surprised to hear a french word ^^
keep it up men ! very good work ! bravo ^^
Add bulldog ants because they are known for destroying entire nests of Argentina ants in Australia.
post more often! I watch both you and antscanada, and look forward to your videos ten times more! thank you for the diverse content and limitless inspiration in your videos
Thank you so much! :D love to hear these comments!!!
I'm loving the quality content. The sheer amount of different species keeps the entire video entertaining and authentic. Nordic Ants tops any other ant channel I've seen including Ants Canada, well done!
Wow thank you so much!
It's pretty cool how having food decay in the vivarium allows others to benefit at different stages.
Yeah i though that was interesting too!! :D
Awesome and very nice video! You can tell that you really make an effort with your videos. Go on like this!
Thank you a lot for the comment!
Thank you, too. Props for your work!
Man, this video was amazing! :D I remember the hype at 1k subs you had XD You will hit 10k in no time!! 8:30 That sure was grose, how long did it take for them to enclose and become larvae? 11:36 looks like young crickets! :D, maybie that sneaky house cricket layed eggs? Man, I cant wait to see the next update :D
Heeeey thanks bro! They eclosed as flies from 3-5 days! And yes they are baby crickets :D
Awesome :D
I love both your channels
i caught a rainbow queen ant and a big headed ant queen, they both laid eggs!
Super! Good job
Woah!!
Thanks :D
Slimey_PvP_gaming np
Slimey_PvP_gaming congrats!
I think that you have become the most interesting ant channel ever !
I have a little question : is your tank open to the top ? Don't you have problem with so much flies or other escapes in your house / apartment ?
Anyway, I can't wait to see your next video, they are so beautiful !
The tank is sometimes open on top! But i have it on my balcony so np :D
if you uploaded more frequently this would be the best ant channel, even better than ants Canada
Wooow thats a huge comment! Honoured :D
Nordic Ants lol
Your set up is just impressive, it's like piece of forest surrounded by glass walls, very natural looking and such great biodiversity.
Keep it up 👍
I totally agree :D
Yes!! :D I would love that too!!
Completely agreed! Just be leave out the silly drama he makes. It spoils the content.
The leaf spiders are actually Lynx spiders.
I am from Argentina in my house is full of these ants at night. Sometimes I go to the back of my house and start to see if I can capture any queen, since they always go out at night to go elsewhere, good video and the vivarium is being beautiful
Man it’s so beautiful in that vivarium. It’s almost like another world and a very strange one.
Yes! Love it :D
Cool vid, and as always, you control and create the vivarium like a proffesional
This is stunningly beautiful, I could just watch it for hours. The complex interactions among so many diverse species is really quite spectacular. Thank you for the God’s eye view. 🖤🇨🇦
You could use a Polarizing filter to remove reflections ;)
That is a great great idea! Thanks
WOW! First of all, congratulations with such an amazing channel and vivarium set up!
I LOVE watching ants in "Vivariums", much more than ants in regular set ups or regular terrariums or palidariums.
I love alle the big ant channels: AntsAustralia, AntsCanada, but now Nordic ants is my favorite! (still amazed buy antsAustralias Macroshots, and antscanadas contribution to the antkeeping world, but I hope you will keep uploading each week if possible!
Antlove from Norway, wrote this in english so more people could understand, go Nordic ants!
Veldig bra jobbet med en awesome channel brosjan! :D
Men tack så mycket!!!! Thank you so much and hope i wont dissapoint in the future :D
I've also kept vivariums, since I was a child. The best of them are the daily surprises that you unintentionally discover inside it. Today I keep a small shallow 12 gallon tropical tank (200mm height). Mine has a glass cover with a 2mm opening on the sides (upper edges) for breathing, which is aided by a small cooling fan in the cover top. To the extent that it is possible for me, that there is still space inside and that the species conform to the biome (a representation of the surroundings of where I live, the edges of the Caparaó National Park), I add within it practically all the species I find out there and that I find interesting. From wasps, passing through mollusks, ants, orchids to my big tarantula (Lasiodora). With correct handling and supplementation, this is quite possible! Great channel yours! One more subscriber here! I'm planning a 400-gallon mega tank (from Brazilian Atlantic Forest) to install on the wall of my new home's living room. I already got authorization from my wife (the hardest part ...:) and, as soon as I can, I think of bringing my hobby to UA-cam as well. Greetings from Brazil!
Yo this is awesome!!! Dm me on instagram and let me know how it goes @nordicants, id love to see and possible help :D
I would so love to see this HUGE set up! Great Video and fANTastic Ants!
Wow, great video nordic! And those weavers 😍👌
Your my favourite channel dude
Love ur vids along with ur ants,termites and all other species in the vivarium but mostly the ants!
LOVE THE VIDS KEEP IT UP!!
This is one of my most loved chanals
Motivates me a lot! Thank you
The egg is the grossest thing I've seen in a long time lol. It is cool that you are able to see that in you tank tho. Love your videos
Thanks! Yeah its a bit edgy xD
Love your videos!!!
Your vivarium is great! It resembles nature as it is, with all its beauty and complexity. And the egg and the mango were fascinating. We should remember that side of nature as well... It's much more interesting to watch the living breathing forest than the artificial plastic environment. Thank you for your efforts! Subscribed.
P.S. I wonder what camera do you use?
Thank you so much for the kind words and i agree! I use my iphone ;) with olloclip for macro
Cool Video. You have put a lot of effort in it. Thanks
Ye keep the vids up mate. There actually pretty good. Good work 👍
I love the new intro, looks really professional
Thank you so much for the kind comment! Helps :D
Love your work (especially the photography). What camera do you use?
I use my iphone ;) but i have olloclip for closeups
Nordic Ants thanks I’ll check that out.
please keep showing us everything! even the "gross" things ^^ It's super cool and kind of cute actually!!
Oki!! Thank you :D
Any chance you could give us a little map-like tour of your vivarium(s?) in your next video?
Could def do that! But that would be im two or three videos.. but its a good idea! :D
Very pleasant. relaxing and interesting! Continue like this!
your treetop leaf spiders are a species in the family Oxyopidae commonly referred to as lynx spiders
Youre right! Thank you so much :D love my subssss so muchhhhh
Love the video!:)
Great video’s!
HELL YEAH!! NORDIC ANTS NEW VIDEO!!! LOVE IT
Love you guys too
Hope you're having a good day bud, and the weather isn't to bad
35 degrees! Hot, but sunny :D same
Oh wow! I'm in south east England in Southend on Sea. We have Two Foot of snow at the moment!
I don't know why they made the sand castles but the only thing i could think of is they are doing it as a navigation system so they know their way around
Its for aphids! You can actually see one white aphid in the video :D
Nice video! You should upload more often!
Trytrytrytry to but school :(
This channel is EPIC.
yes new video keep it up
Cool vid!!!
How did you get so many different species into the vivarium?
Intentionally introduced the weavers. Rest came with the plants!
awesome vid!👌
I love the thing you do and i do have some questions for you
Just ask! :D
Best ant chanel!!!!
Love these videos!!! But wish you reminded us of what ants are in the tank and when they meet what two colonies they are from
Could do that! :D
The egg was interesting af, thank you for showing, man!
Lovely to hear!
Keep going! :D I loved this video sooo much! :D
Nice! your are back again ! :) What? did u do with the egg? did u cook it? or what? ahahah :)
hurray new video
Love yre vids
Yr*
Hi i just started watching todayand and I have to say your video are very entertaining😁😁😁
Thank you very much! :D
The sand castle are maybe weights to make easy access for aphids?
You can actually see a white aphid in the video! So cool
Nice video!!
Could you maybe put in some Venus Fly Trap's? :D They are so cool!
I habe thought about it! Might
You should! :D
I always look forward to you videos!! 🤗🤗🤗 id love to see your face in one of your videos 😁😁
Might ;) we will see!
Hay nordic ants I just got a black fire ant nest 2 actually and was wondering if you know how to care for them
Small Idea: if you need better population control on your spiders, oftentimes bigger spiders each smaller spiders... or you could consider a praying mantis? Random thought.
I have two mantises :D but yeah i have to consider a bigger predator rn
Love it again!!!
Dam i rlly like ur channel i subbed ;D
This is such an amazing set up! I'm seriously jealous. This just goes to show we can keep ants for years and years but we are still learning!
Yes!!!
The epicness is REAL!!!!!
Jumper spiders are so cute!
I got 2 black fire ant colonies but one has both red and black workers for some reason and yesterday I cought a camponatus festinatus queen with one worker whene I dug a bit in her nest there wasnt any other ant
Hi I love your content, and i'm thinking of getting my own ant colony
Which species was your first ant colony? Is there a particular species of ant here in scandinavia that is easy to keep for beginners? (I live in sweden)
Thanks, however I haven't seen any ant nests of the species you mentioned, I have only seen a couple of formica rufa mounds
Sweden First try tetremorium, they're super easy to keep and grow relatively fast, my colony is about 7 months and has like 20-30 workers
However I don't live there I'm in US just keep that in mind 😁
The cricket took the chicken! LOL!
So diverse like a jungle
i know that argentina ants is invasive and dangerus to other ant species. but maybe you can keep them and have a plan if they take to much over
You could try to introduce some liocheles australasiae-scorpions. They should be native to Thailand and they feed on small insects like ants or termites. If you introduce some of them (about 10-15 they stay quite small) next to the Argentine ant nest, then they might feast on them and help in keeping their population small.
Also you could try to dry the vivariums water again and then just fill it through their nest. This would probably flood and drown them and add to the ecosystem of your tank.
Interesting suggestions! Will consider them all :D thank you so much! Love my subs
Cause problems for the Argentine ants like floods or nest exposure!
Yes that is a great option too! I have talked and though about it and even done it but they just move nest super quickly! But good suggestion i have to think some more :)
Nordic Ants Large insects in there nest,nest breaking e.g take a small amount of dirt and brood and maybe em I'll come back later lol ...... bye
Nordic Ants Oh I got some more!!! Limit there food and put it far away from them but close to the other nests!!
omg how much I would like such a tropical vivarium there are many cool animals in it just great :)
the only thing in germany are snails and beetles :(
nice thumbnail and video!
the "leaf spiders" are actually linx spiders btw
Oh yeah! Thanks :D
Great video
Awesome graphics
Ah ah super ! Hâte de voir la prochaine vidéo avec les Diacamma 😍
A la prochaine!
Nordic Ants, to make the Argentine ants in control you should feed the other ants right beside were their nest, if the Argentine Ants come close the other ants should be more active and agressive.
Smart!
Yes, usually those sand structures are for protecting the aphids or mealy bugs, I’ve seen Lasius ants keep tens of aphids under them. I think that you didn’t find many mealy bugs because there weren’t many in the terrarium
If you look closely in the video you can actually spot one!
I have a species that uses substrate to soak up nutrients, dews, and moisture from the plant to feed from later. Kind of like makeshift aphids!
Chris Slurpster oh thats so cool!
i know this vid is old but i hope you looked up information on the argentine ants on how they behave
Yeah! But they are very unpredictable
i guess thats true why would they attack your silver weaver ants only though?
The spiders that you call "the leaf spider" is a "lynx spider" i think
Yes! Thank you so much :D
Really god job actually!👏 I like the start.
Thanks ;D
Those leaf spiders seem to be a species of Lynx spider
Yes they are! Just found out. Thanks
Nordic Ants welcome
if there's water drops on the plants the ants could be putting sand on the plants to absorb the water
Could be! :D
I think you should dig them out but put them into there own formicarium and keep them as a separate colony.
My current idea!
Looks like we are on the same page 😂
Hi! Great Video! Against the aggressive Ants you can maybe add Platymeris biguttatusOr Cyriocosmus elegans
Ohh interesting!
Neither of those will eat argentine ants. If anything the ants will eat them
Dude every time I watch your vivarium it makes me want to start one too 😅! I would take out the Argentine ant if I were you but let's see what the poll's results are 😉. Are you still not using any ant barrier? Cheers
Im using olive oil :D yeah interesting how people want to keep them :o
Nordic Ants careful because some species eat olive oil 😅. The concern with Argentine Ants is that they are gonna kill the other species like it often happens in nature 😑
AWSOME
Pretty sure the "leaf spiders" are actually lynx spiders.
Yeaa!! Gj
YOU EVEN HAVE FLYING INSECTS IN YOUR VIVARIUM!?!? 😮😮
You feed the vinegaroon live food weekly/monthly right?
The vivarium does that for me :D
I don`t think there`s anything big enough to fill that role.
No way! A Hammer-headed worm!!
I love those!!
They are absolutely amazing! Feature them next vid
i had a wild linepithema humile ant attack one of my captive messor barbarus colony.
you gotta remove em eight away.
I think i will :)
Nordic Ants most definetly you should, eventually youll realise that they are displacing the otgers, just give them.time to grow in numbers
back in the day there where lots of camponotus cruentatus colonies around my home, now theres only linepithema humile, the only camponotus colony that i can find is in my drawer in an acrilic setup.
Such relaxing
Niceeee!