Breeding cave styles

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yayfish24
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Breeding cave styles

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So im gonna be purchasing some caves soon and im curious what style cave would be better for ancistrus. Should i get rectangle caves or triangle caves. Im gonna be ording from the following site. Whats gonna work best? Should i just get a few of each style?

http://www.holeyrockoftexas.com/index_files/Page781.htm
Rabbit
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Ancistrus are not particularly picky although some may show preference.
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I would get some of each style and let your fish decide. By the way, I have bought caves from David (holeyrocks...) and he does a great job. Good luck.
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 485&type=3

I wonder if you can see these pics?

I make and sell breeding-caves here in Norway. For Anc sp. / Anc. sp. Super Red / L144 and other species with similar size, I make rectangular caves with 2 x 3.5 or 2x 3.0 cm opening. The length inside is about 12cm...
The top and bottom plates are longer than the sides, so the male may lay outside the opening and still be protected from above....
yayfish24
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I ordered the square style caves but the seller wont be making any till next weekend so i should have them the following week. Im gonna take 3 and put them in with some gold marble ancistrus and the other 2 with my l204 flash plecos. I hope they both spawn but if not im still happy with just having them.
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