AntyMatters Ant Drinker V1 – Freezable 3D Printer Model

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Summary

The Original Antymatters drinker version 1. released in 2022 on https://www.antymatter.com it was a great success selling far and wide and had overwhelmingly positive feedback. When designing this drinker i aimed to solve the issues faced by bottom facing ant drinkers particularly leaking out and breakage. eventually found this solution using a 3 piece setup. 1cup to hold the water, 1funnel to give controlled access and finally an insert to allow safe use by smaller ants.

you can buy the 30ml cups on ebay and amazon. links at the bottom

an unexpected properties also emerged in the drinker design to, its completely freezable and during heatwaves you can chuck a few in the freezer and rotate them to at least attempt to cool the Ants down. i know a lot of people struggle with this and it costs many ants there lives so every little helps, hope they can save a few

how does it work ?
so the ants climb up and into the top funnel giving plentiful access to the water, its essentially universal in its application and has been tried and tested with harpegnathos and myrmecia sps, worked fine.

in 2023 i released v2 of this drinker which includes a more refined and esthetically pleasing look and also overcame the only "issue" if you could call it that
with this drinker which is it can take a minute or 2 to refill (forgot to mention its refillable in the outworld, no need to remove it except for occasional cleaning.just fire/drop water into the central funnel). you can get v2's from antymatter.com

amazon link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/KeCool-30ml-Plastic-Liquid-Measuring/dp/B07FJ6T8Y5/ref=asc_df_B07FJ6T8Y5/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309859607248&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5677373970797718816&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006988&hvtargid=pla-890731511712&mcid=e576c301e520313f94c4431837fef96f&th=1

Antymatters_Drinker_V1_freeze.stl 6.2MB
v3.4insert.stl 825.8KB