RE: [GSAS-Member] Albino Bristlenoses Update

["Holly" <holly@ourglasshouse.com>]

I collect rocks from local streams.  I bring a backpack lined with a garbage
back and some latex gloves.  When I get them home I boil them in a stock
pot, and then place them in my aquarium.  Rocks, that are too big to boil I
have soaked in bleach water and then rinsed well.  I've been using local
rocks for years and never had any problems.  I love the price, but I also
find them very beautiful.  

Phil Edwards implied that biotopes with multiple colors of rocks, or a mix
of smooth and irregular edges is inaccurate.  I find red, orange, brown,
black, and even a little green all in the same spot.  I also find very
smooth, rounded rocks along with jagged, broken rocks with no roundness to
them.  I even have a nice, big piece of petrified wood.  Maybe that would
make some biotopes look wrong, but apparently Issaquah is very diverse :)

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Matt Staroscik
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:46 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Albino Bristlenoses Update

On the subject of these fish, does anyone have a good source of rocks to
make caves out of? My tank has plants and driftwood, but it doesn't have any
really good hiding places now that I look carefully. The best option is the
shadowed underside of a driftwood branch, a location my new male bristlenose
has already found. But clearly now, I need more caves for my various
critters. 

I think I will pick up some slate from Denny's Pet World for starters, LMK
if you have other ideas. 

Thanks,
Matt


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