What Rocks To Choose

[AshleyT]

I will be setting up a mbuna tank very soon and only have a couple pieces of ocean rock which I want to change, what sort or rock am I looking for, what shops can I get it from an the general price I will be looking at

 

[DrRob]

You have wider scope with a Mbuna tank, as they like harder water you can go with both the limestones and slate/granite types.
 
Basically avoid things with lots of odd colouration or veining that may be heavy metals that may leech (there are veined rocks that you can buy that are safe if you know what you're buying) and you're generally good to go for hard water tanks.

 

[AshleyT]

Cheers rob been very helpful on my last couple of post, can you pick them up from most hardware stores like b an q

 

[DrRob]

Personally I'd hit the garden centres for rocks.

 

[AshleyT]

Cheers fella

 

[gh74]

I tried garden centre today for rocks but nothing only pebbles not really much good to me to do a rockscape etc :\

 

[DrRob]

It does, of course, depend on how good the landscape section of the garden centre is. We have some good ones locally, so I guess I'm spoilt.

 

[gh74]

so has B&Q got god rocks for tropical tanks?

 

[AshleyT]

depends how good the garden centre bit of it is haha

 

[DerpPH]

a slate wall is best for Mbuna since it gives a bigger surface area for natural algae to grow which is their main diet

 

[AshleyT]

do you know roughly how much ill be paying mate