Well. you can take a risk , u can also use rocks from outside. be sure to boil them. or whatever. and get the dirt off them. etc.
suggestions for hiding places
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2 decontamin8 them yur supposed 2 scrub them w/ salt & let them sit in conditioned water 4 a day just 2 B safe. warm water wud B better!
Thanks for all the nice suggestions guys! I love my cories, but they are already so jumpy, I want to give them a hiding place they really like. I think I'll try the coconuts. Love eating it anyway...
Katz, I have all of the suggestions in my tank and my fish love them. A yo-yo loach has taken the coconut shell, the bristlenose pleco has taken the pot, the tiger peco has taken one of the holes in the driftwood, and a lot of the time, the cory and the common pleco are under the little rock cave. I will take some pictures of all of my hiding places for you.
Restructuring the gravel in the tank in order to give it some contours would be a good idea. Cories love it...mine always love when I mess up the gravel like that!
With all those objects burried in the gravel, how do you gravel thoroughly? Do you actually lift every objct in the tank? 
Also, I hear few stories about anerobic bacteria growing in the gravel if you don't vac for too long, and by touching it, releases highly toxic chemicals causing the whole tank to go hell for the fish. Does this mean every once in a while I should gravel vac every corner of the tank?
Also, I hear few stories about anerobic bacteria growing in the gravel if you don't vac for too long, and by touching it, releases highly toxic chemicals causing the whole tank to go hell for the fish. Does this mean every once in a while I should gravel vac every corner of the tank?
Ok, here are my main hiding spots:
And finally, the bristlenose decided he would hang out in the shell for awhile.
And finally, the bristlenose decided he would hang out in the shell for awhile.
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thanks so much for the nice pics. I have propped up my stone on two ends now, creating more of a bridge, and they do prefer that to the half-prop before. I will by a coconut this weekend. If I can find one with all the Harley Davidsons around.
Anyone coming to town to see the mayhem?
Anyone coming to town to see the mayhem?
