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praizKing · Level 1 Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 19

I have seen nice tank with river rocks. I need to order online. I couldn't find any where I live. I need help with this....What is enough a reasonable amount for my tank. I am in a tight budget right and I just do not want to order too much just the right amount. They sell in 5Ibs and 25Ib. Any idea?

turtle_grl77 · Level 4 Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 985 Location: Florida

I only put about 5 lbs of small river rocks in my tank. you dont want to put to many in there as it makes it harder to clean. This should be plenty(5lbs) for a 20gal long

fishandcandy · Level 3 Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 200 Location: Indio, CA

Won't ordering online be expensive? It seems like the shipping on rocks would be a lot. There isn't a Home Depot or hardware/lawncare store near you?

fishandcandy · Level 3 Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 200 Location: Indio, CA

Won't ordering online be expensive? It seems like the shipping on rocks would be a lot. There isn't a Home Depot or hardware/lawncare store near you?

praizKing · Level 1 Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 19

The Home depot nearby me doesn’t have the lot of landscaping materials. They just have the white gravel like the same one I just removal from my tank. I was searching on line and found Lowes carries different variety of pebbles. Thanks so much for your help.

hoover05 · Level 3 Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 137

do you have a Walmart near you? I saw some nice rocks at Walmart the other day that I was eyeing up (unfortionately, I too am on a short budget being a student with no job and my mom said "no" lol.) They had them in pretty small bags so you could probably buy a couple of them to fill a 20 gallon tank. I'm not sure how many you would need. They also seemed pretty cheap.
I found these rocks in the arts & crafts section at my walmart. I'm not sure if they are what you would need or not, but they seemed like they would work really well for a tank. They were only $1-2 a bag full, so that seemed pretty cheap to me. I think there was probably 150 rocks in a bag, give or take a couple, but I'm not sure.
Good luck!

dixieee · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject:

or is there a river near u? u can get rocks from there and then clean them well
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praizKing · Level 1 Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 19

A river...well.... may be Hudson river... Smile

...I live 15 minutes from down town Manhattan...These are my first turtles, hopefully I will be looking for the rocks whenever I go to the rivers, lakes, parks and ocean more nowadays. I know for sure I could do that and found nice big rocks but because I need them.... now.... You know what I mean.

And yes we have a Wal-Mart around ...I didn't know they have that...I will go and check that too...Thanks so much

fishandcandy · Level 3 Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 200 Location: Indio, CA

You could get pictures of rocks and tape them to the bottom of your tank and then get just a few rocks for your turtle to play with. That'll be easier to clean, too.

praizKing · Level 1 Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 19

hey. thanks for your idea. That is good do you know where I could buy that kind of picture?