Ohh ok gotcha thanks. I actually just took him out for feeding, and took out about a quater inch from all the top cypress mulch and soaked all the accessories and cleaned the bottom and top border of the tank with disinfectant spray on a paper towel to wipe the ants trail. Now im just letting everything air out hopefully it last a day or to til i figuer out how to get rid of all the ants in the room.