RE: [GSAS-Member] Rocks

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

I do the same...everytime were are near a river, I
have to go rock collecting! We go every year camping
at Silver Springs....when we make our day trip to the
river, I bring our back pack....Cameron doesn't like
carrying it though...sometimes I get a bit carried
away. LoL!

I bring them home srub off any dirt there may be, and
soak them in bleach, rinse them well, very well....let
them air dry a couple days on a towel, then in they
go. Thats it.

Ya gotta love the price!

Trish

--- Holly <holly@ourglasshouse.com> wrote:

> 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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