How do i make a cave for my tank?

[Jen]

what do you do to the flowerpot to make it fish-safe? is it plastic or clay?

 

[Yenko]

Clay ones are unsafe unless they have been in use for a couple years, with no fertilizers added to them. Plastic ones are fine. The grotto backdrop is amazing. As far as caves go, mine are all made out of stacked rocks and driftwood (from lakes not ocean). Alot of fish seem to like broad-leaved plants like cryptocrynes to hide under.

 

[Aquagurl]

i would like to also make a cave for my tank.. im thinking of plant pot also.. how do i go about cleaning them before i stick them into the water?.. do they give off any sort of color?.. also how do i go about painting it black... i dont want it to be orange.. is their speical spray i can buy to color it?..

Why paint it? Just stick some rocks and plastic plants on it. That will cover the orange part of the pot.

 

[Aquagurl]

Hi everybody!
I would like to make a cave too! I was thinking about buying flower pot and decorating it!
Once in the store i have seen decorations and they were pieces of rocks glued together!
I aked people in the store what glue it was they said it was the regular glue that comes for a GLUEGUN! They said it was save! But I don't know! Is it save for the fish -> !!!!!! Thanx in advance!

 

[Max]

somone neer your house there may be a place were they sell peices of slate. i use that its like 1$ you cut it by hitting on on somthing. works great (soak it for 1 weak and scrub it well)

 

[DanL]

wyhile ceramic pots work nice for making caves, it doesnt look very natural...

take a look at this cave I made.

its made out of a coconut...
very simple to make.

I bought a coconut from the store, I looked for the best shaped one. My local grocery store carries one that are already pre-scored so the break open easy. I drilled a 1.5" hole center on that prescored line then just seperated the two pieces on the prescored line. Then you have to scoop all the guts out with a spoon (dont taste it, it nasty) then just boil the heck out of it.

 

[drobbins27]

I think a mod should pin a topic on this, it seems every week theres another thread about homemade caves

 

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http/www.petfish.net/PVC_cave_tower_instuctions.htm

Tada.

 

[TheeMon]

oh oh i got a great one(for cichlids) ok i got a brick(it has 3 holes in it but the insides hollow) i just put it strait up agaist the glass and no rocks or anything under it, then i poured rocks over top so its basicly covered execpt 1 small hole witch leads to the hole inside of the tank... PLUS i get to see threw into the hiding spot

 

[rollntider]

Clay ones are unsafe unless they have been in use for a couple years, with no fertilizers added to them. Plastic ones are fine. The grotto backdrop is amazing. As far as caves go, mine are all made out of stacked rocks and driftwood (from lakes not ocean). Alot of fish seem to like broad-leaved plants like cryptocrynes to hide under.

not sure what you mean but I have 3 that I put in my tank, all i did was soak in over night in this critter keeper. I glued 2 clay pots to this PVC and glued rocks to it. What do you mean by they are unsafe?

http/fish.orbust.net/forums/index.php?sh...showtopic=32801

 

[pete28]

hey i just by different colred slate very inexpensive and arrange it to form pile that have little nooks and crannies. and as far as the plants if you are using plastic just wedge it in between the slate and you should be able to put them just about anywhere you want
hope this helps