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Vee
03-08-2008, 08:11 PM
My daughters and I went out rock hunting for our new aquarium today and hit the JACKPOT!!! Great rock shapes for stacking and building caves.

Can you say, CHA-CHING?


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/rangervee/55Gallontank007-1.jpg


Check out this piece of driftwood with a cave already in it!


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/rangervee/55Gallontank005.jpg


Or how about these cool chunks of petrified wood?

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/rangervee/55Gallontank006.jpg
Vee
03-08-2008, 08:11 PM
These are very strange rocks for Wyoming. Shells all over one and what looks like some kind of coral thingie (pardon my ignorance)

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/rangervee/55Gallontank004-1.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/rangervee/55Gallontank002-1.jpg
gm72
03-08-2008, 08:34 PM
Very, very cool. Be sure to vinegar test those rocks to make sure they are safe for the tank.
Vee
03-08-2008, 08:38 PM
I can't believe how giddy I get over what would have seemed so silly to me a few months ago.:19:

What a GREAT hobby to share with my kids. It's just awesome.
gm72
03-08-2008, 08:41 PM
Oh, just wait. You'll start with a tank or two but it will grow. Trust me, I have 13 tanks now.
RainMan
03-08-2008, 08:42 PM
that looks like coral... those are rocks you found in Wyoming?
jbeining75
03-08-2008, 08:44 PM
Nice finds..... Good luck with them. Make sure to scrub them really well....
Vee
03-08-2008, 08:45 PM
that looks like coral... those are rocks you found in Wyoming?


My reaction too!


GM, did you read the intro by the guy from Wyoming with 40 tanks?

I have three now, since the middle of January and plans for more. I've started remodeling my basement JUST to display tanks.

I'm not gonna be one of the majority that gives up right away.:ezpi_wink1:
Lady Hobbs
03-08-2008, 08:48 PM
Nice job! And the wood is already cut with a nice flat bottom for attaching to that slate!
Ellen4God
03-08-2008, 11:03 PM
Wow! Nice find!!!! Congrats. It'll be exciting to see how you place them in your tank!!!! thumbs2:
kitten3326
03-08-2008, 11:37 PM
Beautiful find, I love going to beach to find things, but right now its under about a foot of snow.
sailor
03-08-2008, 11:53 PM
Exellent looking rocks you found there. The one with shells will raise your ph.
So watch what type of fish you put that one in. I really like the petrified wood and the piece of driftwood with the ready made caves.:thumb:
Vee
03-08-2008, 11:58 PM
Exellent looking rocks you found there. The one with shells will raise your ph.
So watch what type of fish you put that one in. I really like the petrified wood and the piece of driftwood with the ready made caves.:thumb:


The one with the shells isn't going in....too ugly. But I had to bring it home just because of the "oddness" of finding it in Wyoming.
LilysDad
03-09-2008, 01:00 AM
The coral and shells are fossils. Limestone. Sometimes we find them in Illinois, too.
Rue
03-09-2008, 01:04 AM
...are you sure the one with the shells isn't a concrete of some kind? Maybe someone was making shell cement for some gardening project?
Becikeja
03-09-2008, 01:13 AM
The rocks look great