I've used halved and cleaned coconut shells with success...just cut a small V for an opening after they've been cut in half...I'm even thinking of siliconing a piece of slate or glass to the coconut shell, so they have a flat egg laying surface...just a thought. At 11:23 PM 4/9/00 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 4/9/00 9:54:54 AM Mountain Daylight Time, >BigJohnW@webtv.net writes: > >> I just wanted to mention that all of my terra cota flower pots seem kind >> of bright orange to me. This is the only thing i use to make spawning >> caves for my apistos. So the recent spawns of Viejita ll, Hongsloi ll, >> Piauensis, Panduro, Aggie Alenquer, Aggie red/gold, Cacatuoides, >> MacMasteri and Bitaeniata, which all happened in the past 10 days, never >> really happened, because they won't spawn in an Orange cave. Hmmmmmmm!! >> >> Thank God all my apistos are color blind then!! >> >> John Wubbolt > >I'm talking ORANGE. As in bright neon orange. Terra cotta is a red with a >slight brown to it. :-) > >Bob > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, >email apisto-request@listbox.com. >Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!