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Egg rocks
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:39 pm
by wm_crash
Where does one find the large round rocks that I often see in Gastromyzon photos? My local home improvement stores don't carry them in that size, largest egg rocks I have seen there would be 2". Fish shops only stock slate around here.
thanks much,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:52 pm
by Jim Powers
Check a good garden center.
They often have large flat river stones.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:16 pm
by zmo63
I found some flat river rock at a rock yard for 12 cents a pound.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:53 pm
by shari2
I pick mine up from outside.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:00 am
by Gary Stanton
They are all over on the coast here. Some of the coves I go to are full of them. Since they are called river rocks that also would be a good place to start a search.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:44 am
by NancyD
Landscape store or a beach trip
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:55 am
by Martin Thoene
Mine (including the driftwood) came from the shores of Lake Superior.
Depends on your local (or not so local in my case) geology. My rocks are granite. If field collecting you need to know the rocks are inert. I combined my collecting with a camping trip so there was no cost involved specific to collecting the rocks and stuff.
The trip began on 9-11 so I'll always remember it
Martin.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:30 am
by starsplitter7
I am always looking for rocks for my fish. I have the same problem. Can only get rocks about 2" long at the garden store. Florida has no rock or stone, only limestone. And of course that isn't inert.
When people were settling Florida they couldn't make concrete for forts because there is no gravel. Lots of water, lots of sand, no gravel. They ended up using shells. Worked really well.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:37 am
by Jim Powers
I have some nice stones I picked up along the shore in Newport, Rhode Island several years ago. Around here though, its mostly limestone or sandstone that I can't use, but the northern third of Indiana is full of glacial stones of various sizes free for the picking. In some areas, the farm fields have big piles of stones in one corner that have accumulated for years. I know some fishkeepers who have stopped and helped themselves to the free stones.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:06 am
by shari2
another possibility is landscape supply places. those large round rocks they use around here for ground cover in parking lots are often quite nice.