flower pots and other outside/house items used

[discusnoob]

can normal flower pots and things be used in a fish tank as hiding spaces

if so, is there anything you do (as dont want to harm the fish if certain materials change the water quality) to make sure that does not happen, ie what types of flower pots (plastic, ceramic) from mitre 10? Are they all safe to use in your tank?

what things do you use that are safe to use in a tank (community)

cheers

[Ira]

can normal flower pots and things be used in a fish tank as hiding spaces

if so, is there anything you do (as dont want to harm the fish if certain materials change the water quality) to make sure that does not happen, ie what types of flower pots (plastic, ceramic) from mitre 10? Are they all safe to use in your tank?

what things do you use that are safe to use in a tank (community)

cheers

I prefer terracotta pots to plain plastic ones, but any type of plant pot should be fine. You can pretty much anything reasonable in a tank, any container that's food grade is definitely fine. Anything stainless steel would be fine. Anything plastic would usually be fine.

[calculator]

I use terra-cotta pots, but you need to make sure that they don't have fertilizer or anything on them, so I have always just bought new ones for my tanks.

Also I read somewhere that if your pot is glazed it will leach chemicals into your water.

[Caryl]

Terracotta ones are great and you can often get them free if you ask the garden centre if they have any broken ones