Aquascaping hardscape
Rocks and driftwood as sold for aquascaping: whether they raise KH and GH, leach tannins, sink or float, and what prep they need.
32 entries, grouped by type.
Aquascaping stones 19
The first question about any of them is whether it raises KH and GH — that is what decides if it belongs in a soft-water tank.
- Ancient Pagoda StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Black Mountain StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Dragon StoneInert · no tannins
- Elephant Skin StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Frodo StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Kei StoneInert · no tannins
- Lava RockInert · no tannins
- Manten StoneInert · no tannins
- Pagoda StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Petrified WoodInert · no tannins
- Red Lava RockInert · no tannins
- Red Manten StoneInert · no tannins
- River RockInert · no tannins
- Ryuoh StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Sansui StoneInert · no tannins
- Seiryu StoneRaises hardness · no tannins
- Slate RockInert · no tannins
- Texas Holey RockRaises hardness · no tannins
- Zebra RockRaises hardness · no tannins
Driftwood 13
The first questions are whether it sinks on its own and how much tannin it leaches.
- BogwoodInert · tannins
- Bonsai DriftwoodInert · tannins
- Cholla WoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- Ghost WoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- HornwoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- Malaysian DriftwoodInert · tannins
- Mangrove Tree StumpInert · tannins
- Manzanita DriftwoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- Mopani WoodInert · tannins
- Pacific DriftwoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- Redmoor RootInert · tannins · floats at first
- Spider WoodInert · tannins · floats at first
- Tiger WoodInert · tannins · floats at first