mcrudd Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 I got this beautiful male bristlenose from Snowman, in the beginning the little guy was shy, but now he is warming up to me and pops out to say hi. However, he is trying his outmost to impress my very hard to get little female. He has dug up just about the whole tank to try and show her all his hidey holes, she however swims in checks it out and darts up to the filter. Poor guy then swims off and starts another hidey hole. I have some lovely stones I bought from Hollywoods with which I made caves. Most of them is three so its sturdy, two sides with the roof, however the one is only two stone and he got himself stuck in there poor guy. He dug and dug until the two collapsed trapping him inbetween, I came to his rescue, cause I love checking on all my aqua babies if I walk past the tank. He swam out very depressed and today I saw him at it again. I seperated the stones so they can't trap him and now he is digging under them :roll: What can I get or do to help this poor guy out. My female bristlenose is hard to please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Take the caves out that you have provided and pop in some non collapsable caves, or glue the sides and roof together so they cant fall onto him again, or maybe you could dig the sides of the cave into the substrate so he cant dig under them, cat fall anywhere if they're already on the bottom of the Tank. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Thanks Lyndyloo, can I use silicon to put the stones together, they look really nice in my tank. If so having bristlenoses and chocolate zebra's will they not munch on the silicon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Thanks Lyndyloo, can I use silicon to put the stones together, they look really nice in my tank. If so having bristlenoses and chocolate zebra's will they not munch on the silicon? no more than they do when they nibble up the corners of the tank and around any bracing. You may find a more closed in i.e. 3 sides cave will work better as they like a tightly closed in area to breed in. Its then just a case of making sure they don't get stuck :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moya Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 My Male Bristlenose hangs out in a soup cup. A can attest to their strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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