Rock Work

[charden]

Sept 13, 2011 18:26:53 GMT -6 signde said:

3) 20-35 pounds pieces and 1) 70 pound piece

I sent you a PM... I have hijacked Bnoel's thread enough...Sorry man

[signde]

threads are meant to be derailed. that is what the internet is for

[Jess Puff]

I could use some of that holey rock too. Will you be bringing it to the swap?

[jon carman]

i have never taken my holey rock out to clean and it is white. i only turn my lights on when i am home though. for smaller pieces i would just flip. lace rock is cool to.

i am bringing a few smaller pieces of both to the swap.

[allierw]

My holey rock stays white, too. I like it better compared to lace rock, but both are expensive. I mostly just use river rock because it is cheap.

[ree123]

Cheap can be good too.
I like cheap myself, sometimes.
The white rocks do look cool when clean, but not a natural look to me.
Sure am glad we have so many to choose from to satisfy all our needs and wants. :-)

[allierw]

Well, cheap and easy to find, too. When you need 100+ lbs of rock it would get really expensive getting lace rock at 2.50/lb. Wish landscaping places sold holey rock. Some sell lace rock but I've never been able to find any. Plus with some large fish (like Fronts) you don't want jagged edges like you sometimes get with holey and lace rock.

[ree123]

Where does holey and lace rock come from naturally ?

[signde]

holey rock is limestone. sometimes referred to as texas holey rock. it is very common there.

i only have my lights on for 4 hours a day and it still gets yucky after about 3 weeks.

i wasn't planning on bringing to the swap unless someone is serious.

1) 15 pound piece
1) 20 pound piece
1) 30 pound piece
1) 50 pound piece

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[ree123]

I am glad to know the background of the holey rock. I guess that means holey rock dissolves in water to make it harder, thus good for the Africans. Thank you for info..
Do you know the background of the lace rock as well ?

[ree123]

Fantastic reference back to excellent pictures signde.

[signde]

for malawi, this seems to be the most natural rock. i think i want to move over to this for my mbuna.



what kind of rock is this? i'm having a hard time identifying it.

next question, where can i get it in large sizes like in the picture above?

[signde]

so i answered my own question, the kind or rock i am looking for is river rock.

here is a list of distributors in nashville that carry it as well as any other rock you can think of
nashvillenaturalstone.com/distributors.html

"the rock place" in smyrna has all kinds of large rock at 15 cents a pound. that is $15 for 100 pounds. crazy.

www.therockplace1.com/

they are open m-f 8-5 and sat 8-4.

[signde]

went to the rock place in smyrna today. got 260 pounds of "delaware boulders" for $40. ahahahah what a steal. it looks just like the rock above.

[ree123]

You got an excellent buy !
I have bought rock from similar places with much less of a lucrative deal than this.
Good to know Ryan.
My need to ask you directions to this place in the future.