They like cover, I would say it would be good if you put a cave in there for him. It would be a lot more comfortable that way.
You’d be surprised what it could squeeze into though.
You’d be surprised what it could squeeze into though.
Can I squeeze in a Rafael?
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Yeah if the cat can't hide then he'll just chill in some random spot that he likes.
Personally I'd just add in a piece of pvc pipe that's a few inches in diameter to the tank. They create really nice caves once weighted down.
Probably fine, a small driftwood or extra cave would also help. Mine lives in a hollow log ornament:
No cover then it will go under the heater which is not good. It's a recipe for heater burn. Get a black PVC pipe at the very least.
Ok thanks, i have some more rocks, so I’ll just build a couple small caves for it.
Lol just make caves that can comfortably house a 8in catfish. Most stripe's get to roughly 8in while spot's tend to be a couple inches smaller on average.
Personally I prefer spotted rapheals to striped. I just like how the spotted raph's are smaller on average and get a real nice black and white spotted pattern.
The one I’m getting is about 8” now, I was gonna grab it today but something came up, bigger is probably better, a couple of my polys will get around 16” and then there’s the Oscar
Could always glue a stack of pvc together and hide it behind/underneath some rocks. It would hide the ugly man made structure while also providing a small apartment complex for the fish lol.
I have some pvc, maybe if I can’t make the rock cave the way I want, I’ll have to see what I have, I have a bucket of old decor laying around, good ide tho
