WTB: Cone or Slate

[Becca]

I'm looking for an angel spawning cone and/or a 3"x15" ish piece of smooth slate. My Peruvian "Altums" look like they're considering it, but they are inadvertently destroying the leaves on my Lagenandra while "cleaning" it. I thought I might present them with a better choice.

 

[FishEggs]

Does it have to be slate or can a piece of floor tile work?

 

[Becca]

Does it have to be slate or can a piece of floor tile work?

That would work, so long as it's not toxic or an unreasonably hideous color, since this is the tank at the top of my entry stairs.

 

[FishEggs]

As far as I know it's a porcelain tile made in Italy. Dont know if that would be toxic.
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[mchambers]

I'm looking for an angel spawning cone and/or a 3"x15" ish piece of smooth slate. My Peruvian "Altums" look like they're considering it, but they are inadvertently destroying the leaves on my Lagenandra while "cleaning" it. I thought I might present them with a better choice.

I have a few roofing slates, but none are that narrow.

 

[Tangcollector]

I have a 12x10 thin slate. Yours if you want it. Maybe you can cut it.

 

[Becca]

I have a few roofing slates, but none are that narrow.

They don't like the roofing slates, not smooth enough. At the hatchery we used to use really smooth, half inch thick slate that was as tall as a 20H and lean it at a slight angle. When eggs are laid we put them in 1 gallon Mason jars with an airstone on the bottom of the slate and methylene blue. Worked like a charm. We'd transfer them to 10 gallons once free swimming.