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stuquarium Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004	drift wood, red rock white rock is so expensive? i can't get my head around why they change $5 a kilo for a peice of red rock. and upto 45$ for a large peice of driftwood. it's insane! are there any cheaper online places i can get it ?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
fishymama Hobbyist Posts: 124 Kudos: 102 Votes: 4 Registered: 27-Mar-2005	... because your LFS love stinging you for all that lovely cash!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
stuquarium Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004	lol touche. so are we all getting ripped off or are tier some places, sites we can get it cheaper?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Go to your local beach for driftwood... boil it or bake it until all the kooties (love that technical term, eh? ) are dead and gone. You'd have to ask someone else as to time/temp for that, but I know it can be done. As for rocks, if you can find them locally, do. Boil those as well, after testing for suitability for your aquarium (vinegar test). The only sites I know of are US based, so that prolly would cost you more than your LFS. I'm sure others closer to you could help, though! ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
madwill Hobbyist Posts: 110 Kudos: 92 Registered: 10-Oct-2004	i bought drift wood at my LFS for only $5..... it was a good deal eh?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	check ebay, that is where i got an awesome piece of driftwood, but still have to mount it to some tile or somthing to get it to sink properly heidi michelle ______________________________ So it was no surprise the day she learned That her Texas man would not return "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Or garage sales... I saw a nice piece yesterday for 50 cents! I would have gotten it, except that I don't have tank big enough for it, nor really place to store it. It would have made a nice centerpiece for something like a 55 gallon tank though. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	Don't forget local wood. Go into a forest or something. My neightbor cut down his tree hte other day and there was a huge log that would have fit perfectly in a 100 gallon tank or such. As for rocks, we have deposits all over. Just look around.
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