kathchris7 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 what would they be eating , would it be the glue that holds it together.I am having to manualy wipe them out.Has anyone else had to deal with ants and if so what did you do to get rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick777 Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Ants in the water or on the outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 what would they be eating , would it be the glue that holds it together.I am having to manualy wipe them out.Has anyone else had to deal with ants and if so what did you do to get rid of them. Tanks are put together with silicon, not even ants eat that. But they could be going after algae thats growing around the tank and on the glue where it's hard to clean off. Find where they are coming from, there will be a nest outside or under the house and you will see a trail of ants leading to it. Then you can lay poison baits beside the trail, well away from the tank. Another alternative is 'Ant Sand', get it from a hardware shop or supermarket. It's just diatomacious sand, but the sharp grains of it get stuck in the ants as they walk though it and stab the little blighters to death. Works best if you can sprinkle it on the concrete outside around where they are coming in. Safer if you are worried about putting down poison baits. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 they might be nesting in the lights etc?nice warm home at this time of year sounds good to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick777 Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Do u have water in ur tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathchris7 Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 yes nick777 we do have water in the tank. We are in a split level house and unfortunatly their seems to be alot of ants in this house.I was worried more that they maybe eating the silicon in the tank.They seem to like the inside corners of the tank.I would be concerned about putting ant bait as wouldnt this Harm Berty our turtle if he was to digest it?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick777 Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 then try some ants sand as Ian suggested around their nest....or simply use insect spray to cut off the route they use to get to the tank and draw a circle around their nest and don't worry about wasting the spray!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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