new to cichlids going to start up a tank in the next month or two, a 55g. going to keep mbuna mostly. wanted to know where to get rocks and what kind. can i get them cheaper at a landscaping supply or should i just stay with the lfs. any help would be great thank you.
rocks????????
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bhkid19;3675929; said:
Get your rocks from a landscaping store. If you buy from a fish store they'll charge you at least 10 times more! My local landscaping store charges 25-75 cents per kg and my lfs charges $4-$6 per lb! Big difference in cost for the identical rock. Make sure you thoroughly boil and scrub the landscaping rocks cause who knows where they've been.
As far as what type to buy, go with whatever will look good but don't buy limestone. It'll both raise your PH and harden your water.
Here's a video of my 90g AC tank. The rocks are granite flagstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3VZeKAk6CM
or easier yet, take a couple of 5 gallon buckets to your neariest local stream and pick out the ones you want yourself. thats what i did and it was more fun to pick the ones myself
I bought all my rocks at a local landscaping company. It was unbelievably cheap, saved me tons of money. I never knew how much money people are wasting buying rocks at their LFS until I went to the landscaping company. Good luck.
i just picked them off the shores of mammoth mt's lakes. some were calcerous (raised pH) but some weren't so you gotta do the vineger/ph down test on every single rock just to make sure.
I prefer rounder, smoother stones as so lessen injuries.
If you raise the pH on AC that will be no problem.
If you raise the pH on AC that will be no problem.