Wow what a great deal

[Sky042]

So I was needing decorations for my 125 and my 54 corner bow.
I went to a local gardening landscaping depot place.

I brought a 44qt rubber maid container with me to put the stuff in.
I got 6 large pieces of broke slate for the loach tank and nearly 100 lbs of river rock.

After taxes I walked out with a bill for $12.68

can't beat that pricing

 

[Snailguy101]

woah dude nice that is a good deal

 

[Sky042]

Heres what I picked up for my $12.78

except for the playsand

and these now mind you those are bigger than they appear in the picture some are as big as 12"

 

[Boxcar Muzzdogg]

Way to go sky. If I were to buy those rocks at any place around here I would be paying a couple hundred dollars.

 

[Sky042]

Way to go sky. If I were to buy those rocks at any place around here I would be paying a couple hundred dollars.

Find a landscaping place.

my LFS charges $3.99/lbs for slate the lansscaping place charges $0.25/lb.

the river rock is even cheaper.

All that river rock was actually $8 which is probably about $0.10/lbs......actually they sell by the cubic yard or by the ton so they just come up with an arbitrary cheap number for the 30 or so rocks I actually take.

The first time I went there with a 5G bucket they asked for $3 cash and called it a day.

 

[Snailguy101]

Ty First thing this morning im gunna go out to get some but do they have anything a little bit better?

 

[Sky042]

Ty First thing this morning im gunna go out to get some but do they have anything a little bit better?

Actually my local place had LOTS of different types of rock.

But since I'm going with natural sand bottom in my 125G and large cichlids I just sorta wanted some basic roundish river rocks.

They had lots of various broken slate. The river rock actually are lots of various colorings you just can't tell sine they're dirty. Also various forms of granite and such.

If you can find a nice landscaping place(not like home depot or lowes since they all sell stuff thats been formed like concrete block)

It's not hard to find some attractive pieces.

I'll take some pics after the stuff is all cleaned and boiled you'll see the coloration better then.

 

[Snailguy101]

Thx ill go check it out in the morning

 

[Angry_Platy]

I got my rocks for the 75gal from the beach (about 4 trips to get as much as I needed)....the pieces looked really pretty (oranges and greys) but now covered in algae they look, well, different

 

[Sky042]

I'll post pics once I get them cleaned.
I'm doing the LONG process of washing and boling right now actually

 

[vantgE]

I think bleach is a heck of alot easier then boiling them I really like how my rocks turned out after the bleach

 

[Sky042]

I think bleach is a heck of alot easier then boiling them I really like how my rocks turned out after the bleach

Fresh outta bleach.
Used the very last few drops to clean my wet/dry.

 

[One_Trick_Pony]

garden cneters are also a great palce to get stiff liek that much cheaper then a lfs

 

[Snailguy101]

Hey I found some I got the ones like you guys they are kinda dity i'm gunna wash them later

 

[Sky042]

Hey I found some I got the ones like you guys they are kinda dity i'm gunna wash them later

Good luck with that.
I was up boiling till almost 6AM.

Now I'm about to start setting them up in the 54G.