Caves?

[ferco]

hi there, anyone have any tips on how to make a good sized cave for my tank... my pleco would love a dark place to hide... lol/ thanks in advance

 

[SkiFletch]

When I used to keep oune I had stacked rocks in my tank that he hid under all the time. Natural looking and dark

 

[Captain Retardo]

Tigerman thought of this one up:

Take a huge flat piece of slate, stick it at an angle on the substrate:

......\
........... \
........... ....\
.............. .. ..\ <-----Slate
.................... ...\
.......................... ...\
.............................. ...\
.................................................................... <----Substrate

There is a dark part under the slate piece in which fish can hide, Tigerman's Senegal Bichir loves it!

 

[ferco]

nice one.. thanks a lot!

 

[vancouver]

PVC pipe works well, and is cheap too... I love going to home depot and grabbin a bunch of pieces of pvc.... the fish seem to love it too.. my pleco is always cleaning the pvc.

 

[reddannyh]

Plecs love PVC pipes, if you stack rocks around it you'll never see it and the plec will love you for it. Although if you don't want to use a pipe, just build a mound of rocks with plenty of holes and crevices through it, thats what I've done and both my sailfins love it.

 

[020292]

what type of rocks can you put in the tank? I know aqaurium rocks but what other rocks can you add becuase i would love to get rid of some of the rocks outside in the yard! Would that be okay? Thanks!

 

[reddannyh]

It really depends on what sort of rock it is. If it's limestone for example it's no good as it'll affect the ph. I really wouldn't recommend using anything that hasn't come from a aquatic dealer.

 

[SamUK]

the cave doesnt even have to be that big!

aslong as they think there hiding there ok.


heres my 10" plec

 

[Swandazi]

the cave doesnt even have to be that big!

aslong as they think there hiding there ok.


heres my 10" plec

lol

 

[020292]

Okay! I will look at my lfs and see what rocks they have!
Any suggestions on what to look for!

 

[Captain Retardo]

Well, you could get limestone, but that is only for fish that like a alkaline pH.

Lava Rock is a good rock, it is acutally fake, but look pretty real...Granite is a good rock, Slate is a good rock, Gneiss is a good rock...Basically anything that is in the aquarium store that is a rock labeled something other than: "Limestone" or "Sandstone", is good.

 

[020292]

okay! i will have to look next time wo go!

Thanks!

 

[phlawed]

Does he get tan lines 8)

 

[wendywc]

Here's a great thread about different rocks and what to use for fish tanks. http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=55806