I was thinking of burying a short length of PVC horizontally in the substrate with 1 open end sticking out, just below a piece of drift wood, as a shelter for loaches. Has anyone tried this, and will loaches or other bottom fish make use of it?
PVC in the substrate?
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I have my pvc sitting on top of the substrate. Clown loaches and my bristle nose pleco always compete for it. Will have to add another pipe.
When you burry it, you might be inviting waste and food to accumulate there. If it's just open, eveything flows through.
falcon
When you burry it, you might be inviting waste and food to accumulate there. If it's just open, eveything flows through.
falcon
I have black ABS pipes in some of my tanks. Every thing from ym synos, to loaches to even fry love it.
I have some larger vinyl tubing underneath my substrate and the loaches hang out in there all the time. They come out to do things, but they sleep in there. When they're chasing each other around the tank, they also go zipping through the tube too.
I use PVC in quarantine and hospital tanks, since it's so easy to clean and makes the fish comfortable. If you want to leave it on the substrate, but don't want to see the stark white piping, get some aquarium sealant and matching gravel. Coat the pipe and roll it in the dry gravel, let set for 24 hours. It will blend in with your substrate, and still provide great cover for the fish.
