Base Rock

[R.Allard]

If anyone wants good base rock let me know i have an acre of it ...
.40 a lb and you can come get all ya want.
youll need to wash and bleach it but its good rock with lots of holes and even have some thin plate pieces ...
if anyone wants to see some let me know and ill send some pictures.
R.

[RedDragon]

what kind of rock is it and ya if you can send me a pick

[MikeP]

Amazing what they charge for holy rock (limestone) when you can just find it laying around all over town.

[MaximaPower]

plz send pic to NHN420@cs.com

i'm interested for some rocks with a lot of holes in them.

btw, where is kerrville? i just moved to NW houston and dont know my way around.

[witecap4u]

Amazing what they charge for holy rock (limestone) when you can just find it laying around all over town.

Yeah, but I think that stuff has been sand blasted alot to get the nice color and large smooth holes in it. I bought some and bleached it, and wire brushed it to get the nice white color to it, which was a PITA, and and it looked nowhere near as good as the stuff you buy. Also, you have to get all the plant roots out of the small holes, which I might add, is also a PITA. I do agree that paying $6-$10/lb is really high for dead rock, but I also believe there is a lot of processing going into it to make it look good....cs

[Tim Marvin]

It would amaze you at what a bucket of water, a little bleach, and an overnight dip will do for a piece of rock. Then blast it with the hose really good and let it dry in the sun, rinse, let it dry again a few times. You can make some pretty good looking rock.

[witecap4u]

Well, I soaked mine in bleach/water for about 3 days, scrubed it with a plastic brush a couple times while it was soaking. That didnt do much, so I used a wire brush and that got most of the discoloration off, and then I soaked it in chlorine remover for a while, and it still didnt look the best. Most of it was white, but there were some orange spots that wouldnt come off, or I couldnt get to them. Also, alot of the small holes had plant roots in them, which were a PITA to get out, had to use needle nose pliers on that.

[witecap4u]

I was using it for african cichlids, so I wanted the nice white look....cs

[TexasState]

Ouch, I didn't know milky white rock is in fashion. I was thinking the honey tanned one would be more good looking. :-D

[witecap4u]

I wanted the white look, cause it contrasts pretty much all colors of fish, especially the blues, reds, oranges, and yellows of africans....cs

[R.Allard]

Im trying to find a site i can post some pictures on .. as soon as i find
one ill let ya know . geocities wont let me hyperlink. so im looking for another one.
ill send ya some pictures if anyone is interested and yes they are all
limestone..
i have a bunch of it in my tank and would be glad to send a picture of it
if anyone likes :)
R.

[spibytes]

Hi R.allard,

I would like some pics please, my email is spibytes@aol.com

Thanks in advance[/code]

[spibytes]

I would like some pics.

My email is spibytes@aol.com

[RedDragon]

I would like some pic's too :-D

PlayUnique@aol.com :-D