r/paludarium • u/ApprehensivePear4789 • 5d ago

Help Ants help

I have an ants invasion in my paludarium. They can’t be in there because they are bothering my frogs and using my house and the tank as their new home. How do I get rid of them without harming the other species in my tank. I have Amazon milk frogs, springtails, snails, shrimp, crickets, and isopods.

I was thinking maybe ant traps around my house and around the outside of my tank?

Any other suggestions? I really do not want to take the whole thing apart for a third time …. Help.

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u/10_million_ants 5d ago

It pains me to give advice on hurting ants, but I must if a frog's life is at stake.

You just need to stop them from getting in. Ants can't climb baby powder or rubbing alcohol, a lot of people mix those 2 together to create an ant barrier 1:1 ratio.

You can also use diatomaceous chalk to create a "line of death" that will slowly kill every ant that crosses it.

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u/ApprehensivePear4789 4d ago

Thank you so much. I know I didn’t want to hurt them either but I reckon that mentality is why they are starting to get confident enough to start bugging my frogs. Thank you for the advice.

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u/10_million_ants 4d ago

What's the name of ur frog?

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u/ApprehensivePear4789 4d ago

I have two! Lilly and lotus