I got the ants for my Christmas ant farm in the mail last week. Here’s their first week’s progress:
Ant farm. Week 1.
The blue-green stuff is gel that serves as both their food source and their habitat. Sort of like a gingerbread house. I made the three starter holes, and they’ve begun expanding the right one.
It took them a while to get cranking, mostly because the temperature has been sub-optimal. If it’s too cold they get lethargic.
The News Fatigue 
Upon first glance at that picture I thought it was water, and I was worried I was going to have to tell you that you were doing it very wrong.
I’ve never seen that stuff. Is this a recent development in ant farms?
Yeah, must be new ant technology. This is Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm Gel Colony.
“Watch ants as they build amazing 3-D tunnels in translucent gel! Food and moisture are self-contained for a maintenance-free experience.
The Ant Farm Gel Colony uses a nutrient-rich gel, providing your ants with a continuous source of food and moisture.”
http://unclemilton.com/ant_farm/ant_farm_gel_colony/
“If it’s too cold they get lethargic” –I know just how they feel.