How to Build an Ant Farm | Compact Plaster Formicarium

A comprehensive, In-Depth Guide on How to make a compact Formicarium (Ant Farm). In this Build Video of our Series, we show you how to design an "All in One" ant terrarium using Plaster Casting Powder. The End Design offers the Ants both a Nesting Medium and an Outworld (foraging area), which are both very essential Components for an Ant Colony to thrive!

One of our favourite Ant Colonies shall later be introduced to this Formicarium.

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


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00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Materials & Tools needed
03:15 - Mixing Plaster
04:56 - Placing Decorations
06:15 - Drawing the Tunnels
07:16 - Carving with Dremel
08:40 - Smoothing with Sandpaper
09:56 - Cover with Ventilation
13:00 - Watering Holes
13:43 - Final Assembly
14:26 - Alternative Design


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