Please Help

[gregkarr09]

Hey guys and gals....I have a 14 inch common pleco that I love....I need a good idea...a good way to build him a hiding spot in a 55 gallon tank...need to be near a corner.......Any ideas...what's big enough "a flower pot"????? The hiding spot needs to be on the right side
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[wingate2581]

I use a couple pieces of driftwood and place a large flat rock on top. Not the best pic to show the cave but you get the idea.

 

[Muske]

Any rocks, wood, PVC, or the flower pot idea will work. If going w/rocks, try to avoid any w/sharp edges or surfaces. Lava and Lace rock are two that are pretty rough.

 

[gregkarr09]

ok thanks....a small female flowerhorn should do ok right as long as I give him his hiding spot???

 

[meghanashley]

I take large flower or tree pots and break them (like in half). good for a pleco since the have a large turning radius.

 

[gregkarr09]

oh wow good idea...how do you break it in half without breaking the entire pot

 

[Allan01230]

Go to Home Depot and get some drain tile. It is made of clay and always give them a front and a back entrance. You could easily find a peice large enough for your pleco. Pvc alos works great. I like the dark grey stuff.

 

[all_or_nothin]

PVC pipe maybe

 

[gregkarr09]

tile drain huh? Like the pipeing for it? Also the pleco's head is three inches wide...not counting his fins....do they like to squeeze into places?

 

[meghanashley]

oh wow good idea...how do you break it in half without breaking the entire pot

I have yet to have them break exactly as I want them but I usually bring the pot down hard on it's bottom untill it breaks which usually works out in spitting it. I'm sure there are more percise ways to do this but I have small fish too so the smaller pieces that break off I use for them or I use them as pieces to hold up larger pieces to make caves.

I had a thought to make cuts in the clay on the outside and inside outlining how I wanted them to break, but have not tried this method.