Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We’ve had this ant farm 48 hours & we have enjoyed how fast the ants work. It’s fascinating & gets the whole family watching the tunnels form. For those looking for an ant farm this seems to be the one. There’s people here complaining that it didn’t come with sand or ants. But it does state that, they didn’t read it carefully so because of their lack of research they gave this a 1 Star. Did they really expect ants would be living inside a box for years till it’s purchased? If you plan of gifting this, buy the sand (play sand) ahead of time. Also the kit comes with a coupon for the right kind of ants (harvesting) so if you’re smart.. get the kit, open it to use the coupon online, close the box back up. Buy the sand while it takes a week for the ants & that way your child will have everything come that special day. People are so hung up about telling their child to wait for the ants to arrive they forget a lesson could be learned.. called patience. Our boys had the kit 2 weeks before getting the sand & ants to finally set up. You know what? No one died! In fact they were more excited because of the anticipation. So I give this 5 stars. If you read the directions it tells you not to drop water in it because it can get moldy. To the person who got mold.. you didn’t read the directions.. or you got the wrong sand. You are to use the dropper given & only a few drops every other day is enough. Play sand is moist & easy to manipulate for the ants. Another tip. Put the ants in the fridge for 5 minutes before adding them to the habitat. No longer or you’d kill them. Cooling them down helps getting them in with out them falling all over the counter. I got bit hard & my finger swelled & turned red. Throbbed & on fire for 6 hours but I’m still giving this a 5 star because that was my mistake for thinking they don’t bite. Just be careful. Best to cool them down first so they slide right into the opening. To those who complain about ants climbing out. Nonsense. They don’t suddenly jump out when you open the hatch to drop in food or water. This is great for classrooms & observing at home but definitely an adult should do the assembly & maintenance.