Another Gravel Q!

[andyw823]

Most LFS seem to over price natural pea gravel, is it safe to use the types from hardware stores like B&Q ect?

 

[raptorrex]

you would not be the first to do that! give it a good clean, boil it if you can, rinse and off you go.

 

[vinylman]

Just make sure it's the smooth stuff, so as not to cause injury and infection, particularly if you have bottom feeders.

 

[raptorrex]

Just make sure it's the smooth stuff, so as not to cause injury and infection, particularly if you have bottom feeders.

Top point!

 

[Torrean]

also you may want to fashion a sifter of some sort. Some of the gravel in those bags is pretty big. That was my only complaint with the pea gravel I used. But if you fashioned a sifter with holes the size of the largest gravel size you wanted then you could sift out the larger stuff pretty easily.

 

[andyw823]

Well B&Q had no fine gravel, petsmart wanted £9.99 for a 10kg bag, so shopped about and it payed off... £4.99 for a 12.5kg bag off natural pea gravel, so 4 bags (50kg) was less than £20 which i think is a good price, all it needs is a rince!

While i was at petsmart i bought 3 Juwel STR600 backgrounds @ £12.99 each but th girl only charged me for 2