What type of hiding spot should I get for my CK? I don't want to get one of the "ghost-hides" or whatever the LFS calls them. Does it need to be plastic like PVC, or will a clay tube/pipe be better? Does it matter at all? Just wondering if the PVC will make them feel safer by blocking out more of the electrical "noise" that CKs are ~sensitive to.
Hide for my CK?
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CKs do not have EDO like most SA Species that you see commonly on sale. They are amush predators and need something that will be an actual cover (not a ghost house). PVC is fine or a driftwood with a high arch for it to hide under.
yeah CK's don't have electricity (x2) so insulation doesn't matter. What I did find when I designed the tank for Carlo (my CK) and subsequently put him in it, is that it is important that the space not be too big. I didn't think about this before, but luckily there were plenty of spots. His favorite place and by far my favorite thing to put in an aquarium is a hollow log. A good hollow log though is hard to find, but if you can find one, put it in! Wood is soft and secure, and the log I used wasn't very big (its' treated grapevine, a very thick piece with a hole in the middle). Carlo seems to like small places that have soft edges (they have skin and not scales so theres a concern there), that he can rest in, just wider than his shoulders. They aren't like a cichlid in that they would rather slide between two pieces of slate than go into a flowerpot for a house. He's since outgrown his log and moved into a tunnel I made by covering a fat piece of PVC with rocks/wood and sand (Makes sort of a mountain with a tunnel going through the middle), but I don't get the sense that he feels as secure in this tunnel as he did in the log. he spends a lot of time being lazy in the tunnel though so he's got to like it a little. Anyways, that's what I've noticed. A good hollow log is always the best option IME but they're hard to find or expensive.
Oh yeah and come to think of it Clown Knives can see so I doubt one would feel safe in a ghost house
