Fortress Expansion Nest

Description

Time to Complete

Product Summary

This Fortress Expansion Nest (FEN) formicarium is designed to be a modular version of the Fortress formicarium.   With as many as three additional expansion nests attached on the side ( to extend a 4″x4″ (100mm x 100mm) formicarium into a 4″x16″ formicarium), the F.E.N. is able to start off as a small formicarium (100mm x 100mm) and be expanded to a large formicarium (100mm x 400mm) while maintaining the original nest as part of the ant colonies home.

Features:

• Magnetically attached expansion nests and foraging area
• High Quality Acrylic Foraging Area with customizable themes
• Painted and finished exterior panels
• Optional natural coloring for the intererior nests
• Matching base panels for stability and protection
• Nestmates and water towers (Tar Heel Ants proprietary accessories) located in each nest area for controlling interior environment (additional nestmates optional)
• Removable glass panels (museum glass optional)
• Magnetically removable foraging area lid

Standard Package Contents:

• 2 magetically-connected Fortress Nest Blocks (Original plus ONE expansion) – Additional Expansions Nest Blocks are optional through drop-down options
• 4x8x4 Museum Quality Foraging Area with magnetically attached lid and nest block
• 2 Magnetically attached glass panels – Museum glass optional through drop-down options
• One Water Tower and One nestmate per nest block – Additional Nestmates Optional
• Mini Liquid Feeder, stoppers, syringe, and feeding dish are included

*For additional customizations of the Fortress Expansion Nest such as variations on colors, positioning of nests, etc. please contact Tar Heel Ants at tarheelants@gmail.com.

**The Fortress Expansion Nest is currently our most complicated formicarium in terms of design, steps to completion, and planning.  Please allow minimum of 3 weeks to complete these formicaria! We are happy to give updates when possible and if you need more accurate estimates for completion dates please email us at tarheelants@gmail.com.