[AquaticLife] where do i find rounder rocks

December 19, 2008 @ 10:15 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

I forgot to mention, these are the head-sized rocks.more difficult to pick up inconspicuously. And they have beautiful rounded/oval shapes and colors. I have a weakness for rocks sculpted into perfect shapes by water. But I also have a big yard and spend hours picking up 100s of pounds of rocks for free courtesy of the glacier.and fairly often I find a spectacular one. I have a bunch of egg shaped white ones, and one incredible purple one shaped (and sized) like a round loaf of artisan bread. They are in my tanks.

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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny V. aka GoldLenny Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 6:08 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] where do i find rounder rocks

Just drop your keys into the garden area and come up with a few rocks along with your keys. Rocks are really, really cheap at a landscape/garden supply place…. but nothing’s cheaper than free. Just make sure you rinse them well and then boil them, no matter where you get them from to make sure you rinse off any possible pesticides, etc. This is why some aquarium sites dissuade people from using porous rocks of unknown source… you never know where it might have picked up some contamination that might leach out once it’s in your tank. But even if you buy something from your local pet store or fish store, you never know if they bought it from a reliable source. Finding your own and cleaning them is just as good as buying it. Whenever I buy anything “natural”, like driftwood, I still soak and boil and prep it as if I found it along side the road.
Of course, with some of the stuff we find along side the road down here, we normally make Road-Kill Stew with it. You just have to get to it before the buzzards get to it.
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