2PCS Ant Farm Castle with Connecting Tubes and Forage Box, Sand Ant Colony Observation Kit, Ant Viewing Habitat Science Kit, Educational & Learning Science Kit for Kids, Adults, Student

This is a great product! My kids have loved watching the ants work, and every morning they’re excited to check and see what excavation feats were accomplished overnight. It’s a much more interesting design than the original-style ant farm my oldest son had several years back — the individual chambers and tunnels look great from the start, and watching how the ants choose where to put the sand as they move it around is fascinating. Our shipment of ants (separate order from a different vendor) arrived with a few dead ones, and as soon as the ants started their building projects, one of the first things they did was create a burial chamber and move the bodies there before sealing it up! It’s been amazing to watch.Setup was easy as can be, although I did add a little piece of tape over each of the doors that need to stay closed. They swivel pretty easily, and I don’t particularly want to share the rest of our house with the ants! Make sure you add the 50-60 ml water to the sand as directed — it allows the ants to tunnel and pack the sand without collapsing as I saw another reviewer mention.The one thing I would suggest for the design is adding stabilizing feet on the bottom that extend from the front and back. We have curious cats who enjoy watching the ants, too, and it doesn’t take much of a cheek rub from them to knock the farm over when it’s only about an inch deep.Overall, I would definitely recommend this product.

The sand was not sealed well and had spilled out

Great

The ants aren’t in yet, but it looks really cool so far. Instructions were included but weren’t necessary. This is something a preteen should be able to do by themselves.Just make sure you have all the little doors shut and holes plugged because there are a lot of potential ways for the ants to escape.Super excited to put the ants into their mansion tomorrow!Edited- deducted a star because of the sand… I don’t know what I was thinking even putting the sand into the enclosure. Ants can’t tunnel in sand! It just collapses immediately. They won’t even try. They’re just moving all their dirt around and keep avoiding the sand at all costs. I put quite a bit of dirt in there from their own colony from out in my yard. They’re doing absolutely nothing with the sand, rendering nearly half of the farm useless. I’m going to empty the sand out of the other side, which will be a huge pain… and this other side will just have to deal with the sand, I guess.

The ant farm looked cool, but no assembly instructions.