Nature Gift Store African Dwarf Frog Starter Kit- Includes Certificate for 2 Live Frogs -Small Aquarium Food Instructions

My little scientists loved this!!! I will include a detailed list of pros and cons so you can have a positive experience also some tips on what we did and observed. I'm not sure why there aren't more reviews on this!! Pros: 1. Lights up! Not many other any habitats that I have seen come where it is lit up to really see the ant details. (I'll cover the negative later)they light up all across the bottom maximizing what you can see. 2. Complete kit, this came with the complete habitat. This includes the house, gel, trees, magnifying glass, decorative rocks, instructions, tunnel poker, live ants, USB adapter and plug. 3.Easy to assemble! There were no magic hoops to jump through to put this together! The "feed gel" came in the habitat ready for use. 4. Fantastic instructions. Not only is the box labeled well, but the inserts and instructions included were fully detailed step by step for establishing your habitat. 5. All the ants were alive, active, and even had extras in the tube! 6. All the extras: the magnifying glass was a hit. All my children from ages 9 down to 2yrs was able to actively participate in decorating and engaging in the habitat and they have enjoyed waking up seeing new tunnels being dug out. 7. No feeding or watering required. This habitat is self-sustaining so you can set it up and leave it. Although there is a feed hole on the top so you don't have to take the lid completely off and risk runaway ants escaping. CONS: 1. The USB port and connecting unit on the ant habitat isn't the best. It is sensitive and finicky. Maybe a reinforcement to secure it to the unit more stable or different plug I included a picture of what I'm talking about. In reality it really doesn't harm the function of you leave it still and not moving it around all over. 2. When setting up the habitat you take a little short straw tool (also pictures)and poke eight 1" holes to help your ants get started, but like herding cats they just did their own thing and our ants used their own jokes and not a single hole we poked, haha) 3. Our grass seeds haven't started sprouting after several days but I'm not sure how long it's suppose to take anyways 4. Not made to grow, there is no queen to sustain the growth so eventually they will all die off. Tips: READ INSTRUCTIONS thoroughly before starting and it clearly has this printed on the insert. Be sure you put your ants in the fridge to put them to sleep before opening the tube and transferring them to the ecosystem so you don't get bit! Keep the papers! There are great questions and interactive ideas that you can share as a family. Like did you know the ants sleep in piles?! Did you know that they will and can fight each other? We lost a few this way when they would gain up on each other! Did you know they can easily climb the smooth walls like Spider-Man?! Did you know that they transfer the gel to one another and work together as a unit?! You should check out their mouth pinchers adm how they carry the gel!!!! We are on day 4-5 and daily they are digging out new tunnels. It's super cool. We've been able to do a mini homeschool lesson on ants, talking about their bodies, what they do, how they live, why they do what they do and this habitat helps my kids actually observe and not just listen to a book or watch a tv. They have been able to engage in the learning. They also include a webpage to order more ants if you need them. I did receive this at a discount in exchange for my honest opinion and I wasn't compensated in anyway, this is solely our experience as we dove into a super fun any ecosystem!! I hope this is helpful and if so if you can click "yes" I would appreciate it as I strive to include detailed reviews over things I buy. Let me know if you have questions! HAVE FUN!!! Read more

My 6yr old was so excited to get the ant farm as a reward. Ants arrived alive and all seemed to be ok. The grass seeds were tough to “plant” in the gel, and after 1 full day, the ants stopped moving. Most died and at this point there might be 1-2 still barely alive. I feel bad they died. Mold started growing on the gel as well. Very disappointed. Read more

This was awesome for about a week then it started to mold really bad and it came with 25 ants about 1/2 were dead on arrival and now 1 week later there was only 2 still alive. My 3 year old was heartbroken when i had to throw it out due to the mold Read more

This is cheap plastic. I was charged 8.oo to have it shipped to me. I am returning as it is virtually useless,extremely poor quality and am being charged $18.00 to return it. DO NOT BUY THIS Read more

I was surprised at how much I LOVED this... my kids did too but the whole thing is so interesting! The ants took about a week before they really started tunneling. But they all have a personality. Why do they pile all the red rocks together? Why does dexter always carry ant heads around with him? We took the top off a lot and it seemed to excite the ants into a frenzy to try and escape. We never use the light. The gel makes it easy to see everything happening in there. Our grass grew really fast. We haven't fed them a single thing as the gel sustains them. The mold that people are seeing is actually just the seeds from the grass breaking down. It goes away all on it's own. My 5 year old and all of her friends loves to look and watch. Weve had these little guys for about a month and half now and it was well worth the teeny investment! Read more

Was sent the product and all instructions were followed. The ants died and not sure why but contacted seller and advised what happened. They sent new ants and they are flourishing. I appreciate their understanding and realizing that sometimes things happen but they replaced the product and couldnt be happier for my Nephew who loves them. Read more

Ants died within 1 day. & I don’t think they liked the gel at all. I’d go with a sand ant farm not this gel. Read more

One Frog died within 30 days, even after closely following care instruction, would NOT recommend. Also note that original kit does not come with the frogs you must send in certificate after kit arrives to receive frogs in separate package. 50% chance of success. Read more