Where can I find this... ?

[tygger]

This actually isn't salt water related, but thought you guys might know. My friend is setting up a fresh water tank and was looking for "fist" size rocks that would be stackable, somewhat similar to what you see in cichlid tanks.

 

We checked out Homedepot, but they didn't have any. Hope we don't have to pay the premium by buying regular ol' rocks from the lfs.

 

Anyone know where we can find some?

 

Thanks

[HowardofNOVA]

Aren't those called bricks???

[ErikS]

What type of fish? If it's a rift valley type of tank you can use HiRocks base rock. Otherwise try a stone supply place (gravel, slate, etc).

[dbartco]

www.luckstone.com ?

[GaryL]

wallys has a good supply of rocks

[Guest Leishman]

When I had a FW tank, I used rocks out of the Potomac River

[craby]

If it's rock for a Tanganyikan cichlid tank, the most common type used is Texas Holey Rock. Most I've seen on ebay are from people in Texas (duh), but some are people selling from up here as well, so shipping wouldn't be that bad. Another place to look for it is at www.aquabid.com.

It is realitively cheap, cool looking, & stacks well. Made of limestone, it makes the water pretty hard & helps keeps the PH above 8.0.

 

If it's for S. American tropical cichlids like Discus where a soft water & low PH is preferred most people use peat gravel, round river bed rock, plants, & drift wood for decorations.

 

Therefore, it depends on the type of fish your keeping.

 

You'll also want to stay away from rocks that have heavy metals in them as the metals will leach out into the water.

 

As EricS said, stone yards usually carry a wide variety of rock & you can hand pick your pieces. HTH.

Luke C.

[tygger]

Hmm, forgot that the rock would leach into the water. It's for a regular community fresh water tank. My friend wanted to build up a stack of rocks on the left side of the tank. No preference to what type of rock except that it would be not alter the water from the normal fresh water community parameters.

 

Problem with Wally's is they charge for buying "fish" rocks. I'll check out the other links provided.

 

Where is there a stone supply place in No. Va?

 

Thx

[GaryL]

coming out of merrifield on the right hand side on 29 down from the nursury .

[tygger]

coming out of merrifield on the right hand side on 29 down from the nursury .

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I just checked out the LuckStone site and they have a huge variety of stones that look like they would work. Then I clicked on locations and it looks like the same place you're talking about

 

Now does anyone know if there's a type of stone to avoid for a fresh water community tank?

 

 

 

Howard,

Didn't want to use bricks. Doesnt look right...

 

 

 

Thx!

[tygger]

I have some HiRocks base rock left over. How would they affect the water chemistry?

[ErikS]

They'd make the water hard - good for African type of fish, bad for South American types. "Regular Community" = tetras etc? Bad, they're South American (mostly).

[extreme_tooth_decay]

They'd make the water hard - good for African type of fish, bad for South American types. "Regular Community" = tetras etc? Bad, they're South American (mostly).

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When I had an African cichlid tank up, I used stones I collected from 4 mile run.

It looked great.

[tygger]

Thanks fellas.

 

How about this Texas Holey Rock from ebay? It's suppose to raise the pH naturally. Would that be bad for tetras, hatchets, catfish, etc?