PVC caves

Raskolnikov · Feb 1, 2005

It's not a particularly novel idea, but if you've got a handful of gravel laying around and half a tube of aquarium sealant, it's very easy to spruce up PVC pipe caves.

Here's one:

Here's another one in use:

It's pretty cheap and you can make them any color that you like.

Remmy · Feb 1, 2005

I really like the look of the second one, good stuff!
so do you just cover the whole top part of the pipe with sealant?

Raskolnikov · Feb 1, 2005

Yes, I just used it like mortar and coated the outside of the pipe w/ the sealant. On the first cave (which is less yellow in person) I had to put the rocks on one at a time b/c they're rather large, but with the second one (and I agree, I prefer the look) I was able to roll the pipe in a tray of gravel since the gravel is much smaller.

pl*co · Feb 1, 2005

Very clever! What do the fish think?

StreetCypher · Feb 1, 2005

You can also roll it in sand.

The top one looks like a piece of corn.

bobbykurva · Feb 1, 2005

I took the cave idea one step further. I actually made a wall cave type thing using aluminum gutter downspouts, a dremel, and about a week of labor. Its the last picture on my picture host http://bobbykurva.tripod.com/

ChileRelleno · Feb 11, 2005

Been there, made those, my Betta girls love theirs! All my fish love these caves, except for my 12+" SnowKing Plec, he held out and I finally built him a nice rock and slate cave... He loves it and gets mad when my Tiger Oscar goes inside.

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