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Post by bikeguy33 on Jul 31, 2009 23:35:38 GMT -5
you have caves now....better than cups. remove them...they will adapt quickly to them not being there. remember....we keep fish to entertain us....as long as they can hide, they won`t miss their cup if they have caves....it will be much more natural looking without cups....
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Post by corycatwoman on Aug 1, 2009 1:54:30 GMT -5
awesome thanks, im still in search of a home for the bee but once i do get one im looking to get 2 or 3 female labs from a experienced breeder that can garentee females if anyone knows anyone please shoot me there contact information.
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Post by corycatwoman on Aug 2, 2009 22:49:10 GMT -5
i believe the larger lighter colord rocks are limestone chunks and the smaller ones are mixed granite and other river cobble from my local fishing spot on the illinois river. i scrubbed them down with a copper wire pad thing. and then boiled them. then soaked them in a bleach water solution. then rinsed, then re boiled. then let dry and then stacked them in there all clusterd theres endless amounts of hiding places in there now. any suggestions on what else i can do with the rocks? should we add more or should we leave it as is? we are very lost and really dont have a clue on what to do soo some advice from you guys would be VERY helpful
thank you lana and james
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Post by Carl on Aug 3, 2009 10:24:21 GMT -5
If you do not mind me being too blunt, I would go down to a building supply business and look into Canadian lace rock or similar (as I noted earlier), as this rock is much better at building taller rock structures with lots of "hidy holes", yet not as much weight as with the rocks you have now. Other similar rocks include cinder rock, and Mexican Lava Here is a place I often purchased rock from to set up my clients aquariums. sunburstrock.com/index.htmlCarl
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Post by corycatwoman on Aug 3, 2009 13:18:27 GMT -5
awesome thank you carl i do have limited resources around me as for supply companies that deal with smaller rocks. most of them just have the huge boulders or big sheets that id have to break up myself. i went to a couple to look for limestone and they offerd me a 200 pound boulder or a 12 inch sheet that was about 7 feet long. i just kinda said thank you and browsed a bit more at there obsurdly large boulders and sheets and went on my merry way. will check that link out soon.
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Post by fishfever on Aug 3, 2009 16:43:24 GMT -5
This is just a thought.. but did you try asking them for some smaller scrap pieces? I'm sure they have chunks that break off that are probably useless to them for landscaping or whatever. I have gotten lots of free scrap stuff from local companies just for the asking (plastics, metals, etc.) which are great for small projects.
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