I have alot of lava rock in my tank currently (not my choice) I dont reall feel like paying top dollar for rocks at the pets store. Can i go down to my local landscape supply and buy some river rocks?

Yes sir you can. just make sure you rinse and rinse and then rinse again!!! I bought 300 lbs of gravel for $5!

WOW I have wasted alot of money over the years, I feel stupid =P. Its amazing how very little LFS empoyees know, Im so glad I found you guys =P

I spent lots and lots on aquarium gravel too before I figured it out! Don't feel bad!

i spemt like $80 on gravel now i found it easier to clean without it so i got rid of nearly all of it haha

Home Depot James, Home Depot. I bought pea gravel and play sand from there, it required a lot of washing (well the sand did), but it looks nice and cost like a total of $7.63.

i still spent a fair amount on my driftwood bu i love it....get all my rocks from garden centres etc for low prices

I took the rocks for my tanks out of one of my Gardens.
Got enough choise there!

JamesS wrote:

at least you make them happy... that is their business and they need that revenue

jedohara7 wrote
aha...you follow what i had done to my tank huh!

Hey, shouldt you be in Thailand, Paul?lol

Noddy wrote:

ha ha ha... i will be posting a good koi pond at the hotel where we are
staying....but it is very difficult to communicate to people here...mostly
do not speak english... and i am short of sign language

Noddy wrote:

hey Noddy, those rocks can cope up with a 5 meter x 2 meter x 1 meter deep pond filtration system using an elevated rundown sequencing.... i had done it with two
good friends.