Are these aquarium safe? - Aquarium Advice

Fishalicious · 08-23-2004, 02:39 AM

I'm looking for some cool caves for my future to own clown loaches and RTBS. Can't find anything. Well at least nothing cheesy. So I figure if I'm going to HAVE to go cheesy, I might as well use clay plant pots and drill some holes in them. They seem to be a bit more roomy.

Q1: Are these known to be 'Aquarium Safe' ? I would definitely plan on rinsing them thoroughly and soaking them for at least 72 hours. Has anyone heard of any horror stories about people using them in their tanks?

Q2: Is there ANY kind of 'Aquarium Safe' paint that I can use to at LEAST give these plant pots some originality? I've done some research and only came about marine epoxy and model hobby epoxy paint. Anybody have any experience with these or have any other suggestions?

Tanks

~Dan

frshwaterfinatc · 08-23-2004, 02:46 AM

No, haven't ever tried putting a clay pot in an aquarium- I imagine an uncoated pot may tend to absorb quite a lot of water and in the process expel it's components into the water before the bubbles surface.
Recently I made a terrible mistake by putting a few rocks I had from a collection into my crab tank. I rinsed the rock, but when I put it into the water and looked the next day, the water was cloudy and reeked of minerals or earth and the crab was dead. He reeked just as badly as the water.

Perhaps some sort of aquarium safe sealant would work- and I believe there must be a safe paint or enamel, since many aquarium rocks are coated with it. Good luck! I'll surf around and get back to you if I find any info!

QuietDusk · 08-23-2004, 02:58 AM

I don't know about the clay pots being safe or not, but if you want a natural looking cave you could use some [acronym:115a7920af="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:115a7920af] pipe covered in gravel. There is a really cool looking one in the [acronym:115a7920af="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:115a7920af] forum. Here's the link:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewto...028&highlight=

[acronym:115a7920af="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:115a7920af]

chasgood · 08-23-2004, 03:07 AM

cichlid owners use clay pots for breeding.
Some use [acronym:76ec55882a="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:76ec55882a] pipe for caves.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_list.php bottom of page

Fishalicious · 08-23-2004, 03:35 AM

Excellent ideas guys! I especially love the idea of the [acronym:fa0595db4b="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa0595db4b] piping with the aquarium silicon. I think I'm going to try that out possibly sometime within the next week or two.
Thanks a lot

~Dan

grimlock3000 · 08-23-2004, 03:19 PM

If you get white [acronym:379248f797="Plastic pipe"]PVC[/acronym:379248f797], dye it first, it will look much better once you stick the rocks on it:

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewto...ghlight=custom

08-23-2004, 02:39 AM	#1
Fishalicious Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lowell MA Posts: 287	Are these aquarium safe? I'm looking for some cool caves for my future to own clown loaches and RTBS. Can't find anything. Well at least nothing cheesy. So I figure if I'm going to HAVE to go cheesy, I might as well use clay plant pots and drill some holes in them. They seem to be a bit more roomy. Q1: Are these known to be 'Aquarium Safe' ? I would definitely plan on rinsing them thoroughly and soaking them for at least 72 hours. Has anyone heard of any horror stories about people using them in their tanks? Q2: Is there ANY kind of 'Aquarium Safe' paint that I can use to at LEAST give these plant pots some originality? I've done some research and only came about marine epoxy and model hobby epoxy paint. Anybody have any experience with these or have any other suggestions? Tanks ~Dan

08-23-2004, 03:07 AM	#4
chasgood Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Moore Oklahoma Posts: 393 Images: 10	cichlid owners use clay pots for breeding. Some use [acronym:76ec55882a="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:76ec55882a] pipe for caves. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_list.php bottom of page __________________ 37 GL Setup June 4,2004. Rena Filstar xP1. 55watt [acronym:e159a76288="Power compact fluorescent"]pc[/acronym:e159a76288] light and glass cover. 6 Tiger Barbs. 6 Aponogeton bulbs, 2 water lillys. 5 Serpae Tetra. Brichardi, Princess Cichlid. Electric Yellow or Yellow Lab. Clown Pleco. 1 platty. 5 Krib, one the father of the 20L Krib. 20L GL2 Sept,2004 setup. Powerfilter and biowheel built into the Eclipse hood. 6 Zebra Danios 6 Kribs. all born in the tank. Update 19 June 2005. Noticed new Krib fry. guess they werent all males.

08-23-2004, 03:35 AM	#5
Fishalicious Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lowell MA Posts: 287	Excellent ideas guys! I especially love the idea of the [acronym:fa0595db4b="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:fa0595db4b] piping with the aquarium silicon. I think I'm going to try that out possibly sometime within the next week or two. Thanks a lot ~Dan __________________ -55 Gallon [acronym:e97354fcb4="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:e97354fcb4] 6 Zebra/Leopard Danios 2 Lake Tebera Rainbows 2 Veil Angels 2 Panda Corys 3 Boesemani Rainbows 1 Rubber Pleco 2 Clown Loaches 1 Rainbow Shark -10 Gallon [acronym:e97354fcb4="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:e97354fcb4] tank

08-23-2004, 03:19 PM	#6
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	If you get white [acronym:379248f797="Plastic pipe"]PVC[/acronym:379248f797], dye it first, it will look much better once you stick the rocks on it: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewto...ghlight=custom __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

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08-23-2004, 02:46 AM	#2
frshwaterfinatc Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Central US Posts: 380 Images: 10	No, haven't ever tried putting a clay pot in an aquarium- I imagine an uncoated pot may tend to absorb quite a lot of water and in the process expel it's components into the water before the bubbles surface. Recently I made a terrible mistake by putting a few rocks I had from a collection into my crab tank. I rinsed the rock, but when I put it into the water and looked the next day, the water was cloudy and reeked of minerals or earth and the crab was dead. He reeked just as badly as the water. Perhaps some sort of aquarium safe sealant would work- and I believe there must be a safe paint or enamel, since many aquarium rocks are coated with it. Good luck! I'll surf around and get back to you if I find any info!

08-23-2004, 02:58 AM	#3
QuietDusk Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So Cal, USA Posts: 34	I don't know about the clay pots being safe or not, but if you want a natural looking cave you could use some [acronym:115a7920af="Plastic pipe"]pvc[/acronym:115a7920af] pipe covered in gravel. There is a really cool looking one in the [acronym:115a7920af="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:115a7920af] forum. Here's the link: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewto...028&highlight= [acronym:115a7920af="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:115a7920af]

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