Aquascaping

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  I have decided to go with peacock cichlids, haps, corys, giant danios, and other fish suggest by the LFS. I am in need of help with decorating the tank. I am leaning towards using rocks, and possibly drift wood. Where would be a good place to find rocks, and what kind of rocks should I stay away from. Any suggetions will be greatly appreciated.

[four_by_ken]

Good ol' Texas Holy rock is great for Africans.  It will help to raise pH.

Wood looks great, but it will slightly lower pH. 

I have both in my peacock tank.

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

Goto any Landscaping supply, they should have various rocks, all types and sizes.  depending on what you want, you can always use field stone as well.  Like Ken said, Texas Holey rock is very good for cichlids.

If you want to go on the cheap - goto Home Depot / Lowes / Menards and check out thier sand.  You can usually find a 50lb bag of sand anywhere from $2.75 a bag.

Check out CL, there is always people selling decor on there.

Decor is all personal prefence...

Good Luck !
 

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The Texas holey rock has lots of nooks and crannies for the fish to explore. It would do me some good to see other tanks for lets say inspiration

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If you want to go on the cheap - goto Home Depot / Lowes / Menards and check out thier sand.  You can usually find a 50lb bag of sand anywhere from $2.75 a bag.





I am still un decided whether I want to go sand or gravel.

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Good ol' Texas Holy rock is great for Africans.  It will help to raise pH.

Wood looks great, but it will slightly lower pH. 

I have both in my peacock tank.

Ken I just saw your tank on here with the 6 pieces of driftwood that looks like one piece ............ very nice.

[four_by_ken]

Good ol' Texas Holy rock is great for Africans.  It will help to raise pH.

Wood looks great, but it will slightly lower pH. 

I have both in my peacock tank.

Ken I just saw your tank on here with the 6 pieces of driftwood that looks like one piece ............ very nice.

Thanks.  I need to get some updated picture put up in that thread.  I think I add some more holy rock since the last pictures were posted.

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Good ol' Texas Holy rock is great for Africans.  It will help to raise pH.

Wood looks great, but it will slightly lower pH. 

I have both in my peacock tank.

Ken I just saw your tank on here with the 6 pieces of driftwood that looks like one piece ............ very nice.

Thanks.  I need to get some updated picture put up in that thread.  I think I add some more holy rock since the last pictures were posted.

Do It I'd like to  see how it looks now. Whats holding the diftwood together?

[four_by_ken]

Its all stacked up together.

The fish LOVE it.  When the lights come on after being out for a while... you would think there are only a couple fish... they all hide in it at night.

[rcombs]

Its all stacked up together.

The fish LOVE it.  When the lights come on after being out for a while... you would think there are only a couple fish... they all hide in it at night.

you got a pic of your tank ken? post the link. would like to see it. My parents are in Texas for the winter. I told em to go kick around the hills and fill up the RV will texas holey rock for me. Can't wait. They have a few locals they know down there that is going to help em. I want to add some big ones but not for the price.

[four_by_ken]

The progression of my tank can be seen here.

http://michigancichlid.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=2059.0

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Its all stacked up together.

The fish LOVE it.  When the lights come on after being out for a while... you would think there are only a couple fish... they all hide in it at night.

you got a pic of your tank ken? post the link. would like to see it. My parents are in Texas for the winter. I told em to go kick around the hills and fill up the RV will texas holey rock for me. Can't wait. They have a few locals they know down there that is going to help em. I want to add some big ones but not for the price.

I'd be interested in getting some for my empty 125 gal tank if possible.

[four_by_ken]

Over the winter I am going to be setting up a 40" tall tank.

Right now, I plan on stacking it up with holy rock.  But, if I change direction and "make my own"... I will have... 200lbs of holy rock for sale.

But this is not for a few months.

[rcombs]

Over the winter I am going to be setting up a 40" tall tank.

Right now, I plan on stacking it up with holy rock.  But, if I change direction and "make my own"... I will have... 200lbs of holy rock for sale.

But this is not for a few months.

I thought about making my own. Using dryloc and styrofoam, but wasnt sure if it would float. Could always glue the Styrofoam to a couple real rocks for anchor then dryloc it. What was the method you were going to try?

[four_by_ken]

Beats me!!!


I would still use real rock... but use something as filler to take up space so that I dont need as much... but yet still give a lot of hiding spaces.

Right now... thinking about cutting up a ton of PVC and gluing it all together... then piling the rock on top of it.  Just not sure I could hide all the PVC like I would want.