2-3 inch riverstones on the bottom of my 100gl tank. thought it would look cool. its a glass tank. too much weight?? to hard to clean?
using riverstones as gravel for my tank, anybody think that will be a problem? 100gl
- Thread starter dcsanchez1
- Start date
Don't go too nuts on the depth of the stones or cleaning will be troublesome. Also, for stones 1/2lb or larger, check them well for any sharp points. Sharp points can be crack starters with enough weight over them.
Bad idea. I have done this before and regret it. The problem is that for bottom feeders the food fall between the rocks and the fish cannot get to. If you have top feeders then this would not be a problem but doing gravel vac is not the easiest to do. Here is a picture if you're curious how large river rocks would look in a setup.
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
I think tanks with rocks covering the bottom look terrible (No offence to any body who has it like this) Just use gravel and then have a few bigish Cobbles in there for decor.
iused them in my tank as well. like it was said earlier weekly water changes get a lil more in depth due to what gets through. i have plecos and a few loaches and i dont have a problem. it depends on how you feed them also. more food = more wasted+ more waste which = more work for you. it does make a nice substrate though. gravel is for goldfish keepers 
in the wild they swim with river rocks 
in the wild they swim with river rocks maybe put the river rocks down first, and then add enough sand to fill in the spaces in between the rocks.
Line the bottom with egg crate. it will keep the rocks from creating point loads by distributing the weight