Building his own breeding cave

[Magnum Man]

Seen these guys acting like they wanted to breed… but no caves in this tank… this is a solid piece of driftwood, and this guy has been rasping out a cave over the last month… they don’t belong in what has become my African tank, but so far, they have been too hard to remove from this tank… he’s determined to get a breeding cave for his girlfriend … Cory’s I can finally move next week

 

[Colin_T]

pvc pipe works well for them

 

[Magnum Man]

Yes, but doesn’t look natural… if he wants a cave bad enough, he’s making his own

 

[AJ356]

The pipe can go behind the plants if you don't want to look at it. Or just somewhere less visible.

 

[Essjay]

Pvc pipes can also be coated with silicone then rolled in gravel or sand before the silicone dries.

 

[Jamie D.]

I have these for mine - they look great, and my leopard frog pleco *loves* them (my clown plec is happier in a sort of cave under a piece of driftwood that he hollowed out for himself): https://plecoceramics.com/products/pleco-cave-natural-medium

 

[Magnum Man]

I have several similar in my South American tank... the 2 Plecos in there prefer to go under a big piece of natural driftwood, in that tank... the dwarf Cichlids like them though...