rocks/gravel

[imagirlgeek]

Re: rocks/gravel

Alamo Stone sells pea gravel in 80lb bags for $7.00.  Not sure what that translates out to in cubic feet, but it's another option.

could you tell me where they are located at, they blow EVERYONE else away at that price.  The cubic feet was when i was looking at gardening rock at lowes.com.  but it's kinda bunk when applting to aquariums because dif. fish need dif. amounts of gravel

Yeah, I really like Alamo.  We go to the one over here in Stafford, but their website says they have a location in Spring.  http://www.alamostonecompany.com/

I usually walk the lot and pick out some bigger rocks while I'm there.  Since I'm not buying a pallet, they usually just let me pay for the bags of gravel and not charge me for the individual larger rocks.  :)

[stevenallenbarnard]

Re: rocks/gravel

Alamo Stone sells pea gravel in 80lb bags for $7.00.  Not sure what that translates out to in cubic feet, but it's another option.

could you tell me where they are located at, they blow EVERYONE else away at that price.  The cubic feet was when i was looking at gardening rock at lowes.com.  but it's kinda bunk when applting to aquariums because dif. fish need dif. amounts of gravel

Yeah, I really like Alamo.  We go to the one over here in Stafford, but their website says they have a location in Spring.  http://www.alamostonecompany.com/

I usually walk the lot and pick out some bigger rocks while I'm there.  Since I'm not buying a pallet, they usually just let me pay for the bags of gravel and not charge me for the individual larger rocks.  :)

hmm, my father in law owwns a plastic fabrication shop at Murphy/Main (makes awesome custom acryllic tanks btw)  is it anywhere close to there, the site had no addy.  could prob convince him to grab me an 80lb bag

[imagirlgeek]

Re: rocks/gravel

They are probably neighbors.  

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=13020+S.+Kirkwood+Stafford,+Texas++77477&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.25371,61.962891&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1

The map link was on the Contact Us page.

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: rocks/gravel

Your gonna need lots of bags... really reccommend you look for a rock yard, they sell the cubic feet much cheaper (you need 16 cubic feet... 32 bags)

Where did you get 16 cubic feet?

1 cubic foot would do a 12 inch wide section by 12 foot length by 1 inch deep. So youd only need about 3/4 of a cubic foot. (someone correct me if im wrong )

[stevenallenbarnard]

Re: rocks/gravel

Your gonna need lots of bags... really reccommend you look for a rock yard, they sell the cubic feet much cheaper (you need 16 cubic feet... 32 bags)

Where did you get 16 cubic feet?

1 cubic foot would do a 12 inch wide section by 12 foot length by 1 inch deep. So youd only need about 3/4 of a cubic foot. (someone correct me if im wrong )

lord if I know, I slept that day during class AND my dog my homework

[Somefishguy]

Re: rocks/gravel

 hehe you are right lol....

[rama]

Re: rocks/gravel

I've a 5 gallon bucket of 1/2" gravel.

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[ssrprelude]

Re: rocks/gravel

I have a 220g with about 2 inches of 1/2 and smaller pea gravel in it. come get it or its going in the flower bed this weekend. 100 lbs at least, maybe more. pm me.

[TaTeR ToT]

in my 75g i used 2 of the 50lb bags of gravel from home depot, that gave me about 2.5" of overall depth.
i am fixing to do the same thing with my 125g(72x18x22)LWH and i guestimate i'll need about 3 bags.
its cheap to, only 4.99 for a 50lb bag.

[zxbjxz]

Black Gravel

I have a 150 gal with an all black gravel bottom. I bought new for $100. I'll sell it to you cheap, $50 bucks.

[algarciajr]

If you are going 2" thick on a 72"x16" footprint you would need 1.33 cubic feet of gravel . There are 1728 cubic inches in one cubic foot.