Rocks

[etheonut]

Back in the day, well, when I lived in Springfield, Mo. at least, we used to take great pride in doing some original aquarium decorating. One of the resources that we used on a regular basis was the local landscaping company. We would dig through their piles of landscape rock until we found the perfect piece. We would then pay less than a dollar a pound to take it home. This was a great deal since the LFSs at the time were charging almost 2 dollars a pound for similar rock.

There are precautions you have to take when getting rock like this such as washing the rock very thoroughly. It is worth the mini-adventure though of going out and digging through a ton of rocks to find the perfect piece.

I haven't found a local place yet that satisfies my rock urges. Those of you local to the big city, are there any good places to buy rock?

Kevin

[HiroPro]

I did that same thing just a couple months ago. It's a place called "Got Rock?" and it's just northwest of Rogers on the way to Pea Ridge. They let me peruse their rocks and I got about 8 - 10 pieces small to medium for around 5$.



Here's a map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115216002172383101342.000439fb23f40d3525e60&ll=36.333934,-94.117641&spn=0.066101,0.1157&z=13&om=0


Ryan

[dennysfishroom]

Hey Kevin,

If you get a chance to stop by, I've got several buckets of rocks that you can go through. Most of it is the flat type rocks rather than big nuggets. I can't say for sure that it won't add minerals to the tank, but I did use it in my tanks with no problems. Let me know. Right now I've got too much junk, but it's too good to throw out. Denny

[pinkrblu]

My brother lives in California. He came home for a week last July and we went canoing on Elk River. This was the first trip he has made home in over 20 year that wasn't for a funeral. We had an absolute blast! I brought home some black slate and have it in one of the tanks. It is a fantastic reminder of a wonderful day.