GraFFix

OK i see all these tanks with beautiful rocks in them. I love the ADA rocks and stuff like that but not one LFS in my area carries anything that looks nice like the ones I see in some of your tanks. Im to the point that im willing to pay shipping to find some online.

So does anyone know if there is an online store that sells rocks? Im looking for dark colored rocks greyish/black for a mountain scape idea i have. Or really any nice looking rocks not this crappy lava rocks my LFS's have lol

bharada

You need to take you searches to landscape yards and nursuries.

kwc1974

yeah go to a landscape yard, not only will you find a wider varity but cheaper prices too.

david lim

Where do you live? rock quarries, nurseries, landscape places are great areas for rocks.

Also if you want to order ada rocks, I believe aqua forest will ship their stuff.

http://www.e-aquaria.com/aquaforest.html

good luck

david

waterdog

My local landscaping guy has box of broken up flagstone and other pieces that he lets me rummage through anytime I want. He has hundreds of pieces of stuff that is as big as my hand or bigger and its no charge. Also-this may sound a little bad-but parking lots can be great- My office and several local malls use fieldstone as a border filler. every once in a while I grab a really nice rock if it catches my eye. I certainly wouldn't grab a bunch, but over time I think I have picked up 3 or 4 that grabbed my attention and look great in the tank. Just make sure you boil anything you want to put in !!

ringram

There's also something you can pour on rock or sand to see if its aquarium-safe...muriatic acid? Either way, I'd be certain to get funny looks if I walked around a rock quarry or landscaping yard with an eye dropper or bottle, pouring acid on the rocks. lol. Kind makes me wonder what the folks at the quarry would say if you walked in to buy 150 lb of rock and when they asked you what its for, you say a fish tank that's going to be a centerpiece in your living room. It would probably be something between a constapated sneer and a confused stare.
Yes, I would definately boil it before putting it in the tank. Probably want to even soak it in a bucket of water w/ a little bleach...then rinse it very, very well.

IUnknown

Yeah Steve at aquaforest is great to deal with. I'd recomend getting the Seiyu rock around 20lbs. Like all ADA stuff, you are going to have to spend a lot to get what you want. I think with shipping it came to $100.

JaySilverman

$100 for rocks is outragious. But if you're stuborn enough I guess people will buy it. I wish they wouldn't. Maybe then the prices would get lower.

random_alias

It seems like a lot but they aren't rocks like the regular rocks that are all around us. $100 for 20lbs of the rocks I see everywhere I look where I live, yeah, that would be totally outrageous.

But if someone has to find a location that has particular stones that look good in aquariums, go collect them, ship them to someone (expensive) and then that person has to pick them out and ship them to you and in the end it costs you $100, that's not so bad.

I bought Ohko stone from AFA (Aqua Forest Aquarium) and was happy to pay the price because it was cheaper than a plane ticket to Japan and a guide to help me hike around mountains and then having to ship everything I collected back to the states.

Bert H

I agree! Especially when you consider that by the time your plants have grown in, typically most of the rock (or wood) will be hidden from view. I'd rather put the money towards the tank, plants or ferts. My 2 cents.