What Types of Pets Enjoy the Cholla Wood Pieces?
SunGrow’s no-thorn Cholla Wood is ideal for all types of pets. Aquatic pets such as dwarf shrimp, snails, pleco, and species of fish enjoy swimming around and hiding in these hollow pieces of wood.
Pet owners with land pets like hermit crabs, chinchillas, hamsters, rabbits, and all kinds of reptiles place the cholla wood in cages and tanks to encourage activity as these pets love to climb on and relax atop the beautiful pieces of wood. Parrots, cockatiels and other birds use the cholla wood as a healthy chew toy.
The dried cholla cactus husk does lower the ph levels in your aquarium or tank, but not enough to affect your shrimp or aquatic pets. The 6” (15cm) cholla wood pieces do release elements that could darken your water, but far less than traditional driftwood.
By boiling, rinsing, and soaking the wood before placing them in your tank, you greatly reduce the tea water.