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Originally Posted by Canadian Man
Probably cause she want's to hand pick the rock pieces Quinn.  |
Exactly. When we had our 180 gal, we did order a few boxes from J&L, but was unimpressed overall with the rock compared to handpicking rock from various suppliers locally. From mail order places, you get whatever they happen to pack for you and there is no choice at all in what you get. You just have to deal with what they've shipped.
I plan to take my time picking the rock, too. I don't have to get it all from one store. I don't have to go from one store to the next and have all the rock in a day or two, either. I can pick up a piece or two or three one day from a particular supplier, then go back in a couple of weeks after a new shipment has arrived and maybe bring home another piece or two.
Like I was saying to a friend just this morning, a 42 hex is a puny and strangely shaped aquarium. I want to get the exact rocks that will make the tank a piece of art over the long term. Yeah, that's the goal - to have a living piece of art to enjoy for a long time to come.
I know that most folks on this board are laughing up their sleeves at our choice of a 42 hex. But there's a challenge to aquascaping it beautifully that I find suits me. Besides, we only have enough room for that sized tank, except, of course for our 7 gal and 2.5 gal nanos ;-)