TebowHammer
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Last night I bought a 100 count of mealies for Nala along with a bottle of Fluker's gut load.
I placed the mealies in a Tupperware container, drilling air holes in the lid. I mixed in my gut load with the oat flakes that the mealies come in and placed a couple of pieces of potato in it for a water source.
I placed them in the room with Nala on a separate stand, giving them 12 hours to eat before I started feeding them to Nala.
When I went to get them this morning I noticed the container was covered with what I call fruit ants - the super tiny ants that only come out when food's been left out.
They had gotten into the container and had already devoured a couple of mealies. Needless to say, I had to throw them all out.
I've never seen these ants in my house before and I'm perplexed as to what attracted them in the first place: the mealies, the gut load, the potatoes?
Has anyone else experienced this? Any pointers on preventing it in the future?
If it happened inside, I can only imagine what would happen if I placed them inside!
Let me know what you think! Thanks!
I placed the mealies in a Tupperware container, drilling air holes in the lid. I mixed in my gut load with the oat flakes that the mealies come in and placed a couple of pieces of potato in it for a water source.
I placed them in the room with Nala on a separate stand, giving them 12 hours to eat before I started feeding them to Nala.
When I went to get them this morning I noticed the container was covered with what I call fruit ants - the super tiny ants that only come out when food's been left out.
They had gotten into the container and had already devoured a couple of mealies. Needless to say, I had to throw them all out.
I've never seen these ants in my house before and I'm perplexed as to what attracted them in the first place: the mealies, the gut load, the potatoes?
Has anyone else experienced this? Any pointers on preventing it in the future?
If it happened inside, I can only imagine what would happen if I placed them inside!
Let me know what you think! Thanks!