[ScarletFire]

Does anyone know if crayfish/shrimps/plecos/cave lovers will like a glass cave? I saw this on my facebook feed, and thought that it would be a really cheap solution to making caves.

Instead of using big bottles, I was considering using jam jars, or smaller glass jars for caves. Opinion?

http://www.collegeenvy.com/2013/04/...es-into-glass-cups-5-easy-steps/#.UugPnhD8XZY

 

[mistersprinkles]

Bottles are clear, though. The whole point of a cave is that it's a dark, confined space.

 

[bob123]

I have tried clear glass as a cave, and never had any plecos breed in them. Also all the crayfish ( marble self cloning ) that I have, bred without a cave.

 

[ScarletFire]

Hmm alright. I'll stick with the garden pots then.

 

[Jaysan]

Dollar store sells these clear containers that you can use as "Caves".

I've used them. What I did was wrap them in plastic to make them dark.
I used left over background plastic to wrap the plastic.
Worked for me

 

[mistersprinkles]

Dollar store sells these clear containers that you can use as "Caves".

I've used them. What I did was wrap them in plastic to make them dark.
I used left over background plastic to wrap the plastic.
Worked for me

You have to be careful about using random plastics with your fish. AFAIK the only fish safe plastics are:

PVC (Potable water PVC only)
PP (polypropylene)
PET/PETE (polyethylene)
PS (Polystyrene)
HDPE/LDPE (low/high density polyethylene)
Nylon

Almost all plastic containers have a stamp with either the type of plastic (ie, HDPE) or a number stamp (ie, 7). Look up the number stamp on your smartphone while you're in the store and see what kind of plastic it is. Plastics above 7 are "mixed" plastics and there's no way of knowing what they're using. Avoid those.

 

[ScarletFire]

Dollar store sells these clear containers that you can use as "Caves".

I've used them. What I did was wrap them in plastic to make them dark.
I used left over background plastic to wrap the plastic.
Worked for me

Did you mean the tupperware? Or other types of clear containers?

You have to be careful about using random plastics with your fish. AFAIK the only fish safe plastics are:

PVC (Potable water PVC only)
PP (polypropylene)
PET/PETE (polyethylene)
PS (Polystyrene)
HDPE/LDPE (low/high density polyethylene)
Nylon

Almost all plastic containers have a stamp with either the type of plastic (ie, HDPE) or a number stamp (ie, 7). Look up the number stamp on your smartphone while you're in the store and see what kind of plastic it is. Plastics above 7 are "mixed" plastics and there's no way of knowing what they're using. Avoid those.

Just to confirm, HDPE is the recycle symbol with a number in it?

 

[mistersprinkles]

Just to confirm, HDPE is the recycle symbol with a number in it?

All plastics have a recyle symbol with a number in it. HDPE is #2. All the plastics have a different #. They're all on Wikipedia.

 

[igor.kanshyn]

I have tried clear glass as a cave, and never had any plecos breed in them. Also all the crayfish ( marble self cloning ) that I have, bred without a cave.

My plecos and kribensis breed in transparent glass bottles. However, I believe that they will use dark caved/bottles readily.