What can i put in the tank as a hide?

net · Feb 19, 2013

Besides terracotta pots... or how can i make one? what have you got?

SuperSteve · Feb 19, 2013

It's not the most decorative but I have a couple of pipes in there for em to swim through. They seem to like it. Especially if you prop them up a bit.

Minniechild · Feb 19, 2013

I've got a mug, a few commercial decorations (including an open mouthed shark which they LOVE to sit in...), the aforementioned pipes (PVC- safe for drinking water), which are then hidden under some massive rocks, and finally a few driftwood pieces. If you have access to a heat gun, you can mould the PVC into branches and other formations- I've currently got some in my guppy pond to test that the paint I've used is not going to leech out and kill anyone (so far so good!)

Kool Katoni · Feb 19, 2013

My axolotls never seem to appreciate the hides i make for them and tend to dig their own lol. I have bits of wood they like to tunnel under, in the past i've used tank ornaments. I had a tardis at one point but they outgrew it

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ArdyBay · Feb 19, 2013

Kool Katoni said:
My axolotls never seem to appreciate the hides i make for them and tend to dig their own lol. I have bits of wood they like to tunnel under, in the past i've used tank ornaments. I had a tardis at one point but they outgrew it .

I seriously need to make a Tardis hide now.

EmbryH · Feb 19, 2013

You can find little huts or rock holes in petshops and aquarium stores. I prefer to get something that looks mostly natural.

snuggly time · Feb 19, 2013

This thread has some interesting home made hides. I'm going to attempt to make a hide for my fish using half a coconut and plant moss onto it. If it's successful I may try one for my axie

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...trate/85464-do-yourself-homemade-hides-2.html

snuggly time · Feb 19, 2013

I use 2 bridges I bought from a pet shop, I've put some rocks in front of them now to make it darker.

happycamper · Feb 19, 2013

I use big PVC pipes, they come in different designs/angles and my axies like 'em.

SuperSteve · Feb 19, 2013

snuggly time said:
I use 2 bridges I bought from a pet shop, I've put some rocks in front of them now to make it darker.

I have that bridge ornament and your tank and stand are exactly the same as mine. 3 ft?
Those bridges are perfect except when dood gets lost under it.

snuggly time · Feb 19, 2013

SuperSteve said:
I have that bridge ornament and your tank and stand are exactly the same as mine. 3 ft?
Those bridges are perfect except when dood gets lost under it.

Yeah, it's 3 ft, bought it second hand from gum tree

My axolotl loves to walk over the bridge nearest the back of the tank lol :wacko:

Morrison · Feb 19, 2013

I used coconut hides. But in the end they start to get 'ewww'. So I don't use them anymore. (Or as a temporary 'emergency hide')

I make most of my hides by glueing rocks together. And I also buy those reptile cave hide thingies. They LOOOOVE it. I also have a little beehive looking thing (which is not a beehive looking thing but that's what I call it)

Another thing I make once in a while (for juvies. Adults are too fat to fit through the opening. Well, my females are...).
When I have some of these things (don't know what they're called right now) left, I put them upside down in the tank and glue some rocks on it.

Oh, hamsters love it too.
(And they love to DESTROY it!)

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