Unzan Stone UK?

[plantbrain]

A manual for lava rock? Damn...........unforgivable.

 

[Stu Worrall]

its says...

Pick up rock
Put in Tank (Ensure it is placed in position favoured by mr amano or lightning shall strike you down on the 13th day of the month)

 

[Ian Holdich]

And grate some moss on it, a bit like cheese.

 

[plantbrain]

And grate some moss on it, a bit like cheese.

Okay, the cheese is what sold me

 

[tim]

I had some progress with splitting my chunk of lava rock today went back to the hammer method AND ( health and safety close eyes ) an old meat cleaver, this is what I've come up with so far,

If it progresses further ill surely stick up another journal could still do with some carving/ shaping but so far so good.

 

[adamt4050]

That looks great to me Tim. Haha i think you should wear a hard hat, hi vis jacket and chainmail gloves next time - just to keep the health and safety nuts at bay!

I do think with a little more sculpting it would look brilliant, especially if you had some HC or moss creeping over the rocks. Cant wait to see more.

 

[tim]

Ha ha thanks Adam, I have to be honest it hurt my bloody shoulder cutting through it all, I tried a chisel not good, hammer on its own turns to dust, hacksaw worked ok but too clean and time consuming, jigsaw various blades all now blunt lol strangely enough my old meat cleaver now feels sharper after chopping this up if this ever does get planted I have an idea to try ( big ask) and rip off amanos sumida grasslands aquarium ish type scape keeping the scale with planting will be hard but plenty of mosses dwarf riccia etc may pull it off

 

[Gill]

Of topic, but there is a new sumida scape - looks stunning

 

[Ady34]

I had some progress with splitting my chunk of lava rock today went back to the hammer method AND ( health and safety close eyes ) an old meat cleaver, this is what I've come up with so far,

If it progresses further ill surely stick up another journal could still do with some carving/ shaping but so far so good.

Looks great Tim, works really well with the dark substrate. I particularly like the centre stack
Need to journal it
Cheerio,
Ady.

 

[Samjpikey]

Hey
Where can you get big chunks of lava rock like that ??
Cheers


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[Andy Thurston]

Black Lava Rock - Freshwatershrimp

 

[tim]

Looks great Tim, works really well with the dark substrate. I particularly like the centre stack
Need to journal it
Cheerio,
Ady.

Thanks ady needs a lot of tweaking and a few more things collecting before it is journal worthy

Hey
Where can you get big chunks of lava rock like that ??
Cheers


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Hi Sam, these are only small biggest piece about 12cm high I found a large piece in lfs which I chopped up.

 

[Gill]

I would also suggest checking with reptile centres as they tend to get in larger peices

 

[plantbrain]

Any landscaping supply places also.