Aquarium Rock

[fish.com1]

Hi all,

can anyone suggest a type of rock i can use in my aquarium that will be available to buy off the internet. I want brighter colours like red and white. If you can pleasew give me the name of it.

Thanks guys

 

[Truck]

sandstone

 

[fifefish]

sand stone is a terrible rock..
it will leach toxins into the tank

 

[Truck]

i saw it used in a lfs once

 

[fifefish]

what sort of tank was it?

 

[Truck]

cichlid

 

[fifefish]

its used to keep ph high..
so its not a good rock for using with fish that like more acidic water

 

[Truck]

oh ok, sorry for a poor response

 

[fish.com1]

Any other rocks?

 

[fifefish]

just find any igneous rocks..
basically not porous rocks you can find them on a beach or on a river bank..

 

[Syphoniera]

Hi, fish.com1
If you know what granite look like, that's a good safe one which may contain both red and white, depending.
You don't want anything that'll leach iron into your water column or stain your gravel with rust either.

 

[Bojangles]

Rainbow rock has nice colours in it and its aquarium safe

 

[celaeno]

granite, slate, bluestone. there are auctions on ebay for each of those.

 

[vinylman]

Sounds obvious, I know, but if you have a smaller tank, use a few small rocks. In a smaller tank, a large rock will displace a LOT of water.

 

[OldMan47]

For shades of red, volcanic lava rock is a good choice. Most red colored rock contains iron and is not a real good choice for a tank. For white rocks, the ones that are white silica are best and the white limestone is obviously not a good idea. A side note is that marble is pretty much limestone.