i went to the gravel pit by my house and filled a 5 gallon bucket with pea gravel and they didnt charge me.. mine looks smaller than the rocks in the picture but its the same stuff.
river rock?
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I was talking to someone about slate and river rock in my area. He said to keep in mind that alot of river rocks will leach hard minerals into the water. Even though it may have no immediate effects, it could cause a build-up of unwanted minerals in the water over the long term. The guy I was talking to was telling me how he was building some 'caves' for his Tigrinus catfish, out of a slate he had boughten at a gardening store. He said after about a week the Tigrinus started breathing very hard, and died a few days later. He couldn't figure it out, until he took his water in to get it thoroughly tested. It had high amounts of trace copper in it, which would cause the irritation of the gills on the Tig, leading to it's death.
Just thought I would throw that in! Be careful what you put in your tanks!
Just thought I would throw that in! Be careful what you put in your tanks!
It does look great despite the risks.
I was wondering how you would clean that, way to big for a gravel vac, if you had an undergravel filter, would you ever have to gravel vac? the substrate would be big enough for the ditritus to slip through down to the bottom to get filtered out.
Wouldnt rocks like that have a lot of nooks and crannys to get hardcore algea growth in?
I was wondering how you would clean that, way to big for a gravel vac, if you had an undergravel filter, would you ever have to gravel vac? the substrate would be big enough for the ditritus to slip through down to the bottom to get filtered out.
Wouldnt rocks like that have a lot of nooks and crannys to get hardcore algea growth in?
Last time I used river rock it was in a 90g O had ugh and back hangers.
T he rocks varied a lot in size and came out of a local trout stream. I bleacked then boiled then soaked for 2 weeks.
There was a under layer of 2+"s of fine gravel beneath the rock and 2 power heads for current. I had several skunk cories and weather loaches that helped with the detrius but periodic moving of rocks was a must, never had an algae problem.
T he rocks varied a lot in size and came out of a local trout stream. I bleacked then boiled then soaked for 2 weeks.
There was a under layer of 2+"s of fine gravel beneath the rock and 2 power heads for current. I had several skunk cories and weather loaches that helped with the detrius but periodic moving of rocks was a must, never had an algae problem.
