Granite rocks from beach

[Halley]

Hi - I was at a beach today in Connemara, County Galway in Ireland. I saw a whole beach with these rocks:

Do you think they are aquarium safe?
Would they work in an aquascape?


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[dw1305]

Hi all,

Do you think they are aquarium safe?

Yes.

Round cobbles are always really hard, impermeable rocks, or they wouldn't have ended up round. I can't tell on this monitor but I assumed there is quite a lot of pink colour in them? If there is they are 400 million years old.

cheers Darrel

 

[Halley]

Yes they are very pink - they are also large - about a foot and a half in height


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[Smells Fishy]

can't beat a bit of beachcombing.

 

[Halley]

There is a whole beach full of these rocks all different sizes - from pebbles up to 2 foot long


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[Smells Fishy]

There is a whole beach full of these rocks all different sizes - from pebbles up to 2 foot long


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my local beaches at Scarborough have a mind blowing selection of rocks and its a jarrassic coast as well, i've found half an ammonite before from one beach.

 

[Halley]

I haven't seen too many aquascapes using rounded stones - would like to see some ideas!


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[Smells Fishy]

I've done one.

I haven't seen too many aquascapes using rounded stones - would like to see some ideas!


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I've done one, when I'm next on the laptop I'll dig it out for you.

 

[Halley]

Cool - round rocks seem to work well as a background to fancy goldfish for some reason - seen a couple of these


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[dw1305]

Hi all,

I haven't seen too many aquascapes using rounded stones - would like to see some ideas!

Have a look at some aquascapes for Hill-stream Loaches (Sewellia, Gastromyzon) or Stiphodon Gobies. (Image from: <"Loaches online: Hill-stream Loaches">).

A lot of plants like some flow, and rounded rocks suggest a flowing river. You could have an aquascape with the emphasis on the rocks and Bolbitis heudelotti & Fontinalis antipyretica as your main plants.

We have a thread <"Fish for high flow....">

cheers Darrel

 

[Smells Fishy]

Is that yours Darrel? Whats the plant on the top left, java moss? Looks cool.

 

[Halley]

Hi all, Have a look at some aquascapes for Hill-stream Loaches (Sewellia, Gastromyzon) or Stiphodon Gobies. (Image from: <"Loaches online: Hill-stream Loaches">).

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A lot of plants like some flow, and rounded rocks suggest a flowing river. You could have an aquascape with the emphasis on the rocks and Bolbitis heudelotti & Fontinalis antipyretica as your main plants.

We have a thread <"Fish for high flow....">

cheers Darrel

Nice tank! I like this one aswell -

I think it is an area that is somewhat neglected


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[Smells Fishy]

Found a couple of pics for you. I suppose they are aquascapes yeah since they had some thought put into them, but they were very rushed, instead of days like a lot of people would take, it was hours for me and since one of the main vocal points was rocks, I think it goes by a different name than just aquascape. The name has alluded me. These pics were back when I was first starting to take the hobby serious but still had quite a few rookie things to wean out.

Some of the plants in these pics were kindly sent to me by Darrel whose also commented btw. Top man.

 

[Halley]

Nice work - these type of stones are most available around these parts - it would be nice to see more people use round stones


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[dw1305]

Hi all,

Is that yours Darrel? Whats the plant on the top left, java moss? Looks cool.

No it isn't mine, but it looks like it probably is Java moss.

cheers Darrel