Where to buy Lava rock?

**stephen chung** · 30th Jul 2007, 23:32

Where can I buy lava rock?

**stardus00** · 31st Jul 2007, 09:51

Originally Posted by stephen chung

Where can I buy lava rock?

Good question....

**stephen chung** · 31st Jul 2007, 09:58

Originally Posted by bryan

Lava rocks can be found at the LFS, dark red brown color in all sizes. Some use them as decor, some as filter media. It is known to lower PH.

I went down to petmart yesterday and all they have are those mineral stone.

**stephen chung** · 31st Jul 2007, 10:00

I went to another LFS he show me a pack of thing looks like aquaclay and say is lava rock..is it?

**daveteogh** · 31st Jul 2007, 12:38

Try OTF in Pasir Ris farm... they do have... many different type of rocks.

**bossteck** · 31st Jul 2007, 12:46

You can also try this farm at Pasir Ris called Yun Feng, it specializes in Betta Splendens mostly, but there are a few boxes of rocks outside the shop, including lava rocks. It is near Mainland aquafarm.

Another option would be Tropical International also at Pasir Ris, it is near OTF.

**Aquaculture** · 31st Jul 2007, 13:05

If you're staying in the central. I think I saw some at NA... I remember seeing them at Y618 more vividly but it is rather small, maybe about your palm size.

**stephen chung** · 31st Jul 2007, 19:40

okok...wil be going to pasir ris area tomorrow. I will drop by those shop.

**Aeon** · 31st Jul 2007, 19:51

If it's the brown color type, try NA.

**minx** · 2nd Aug 2007, 19:44

Does lava rocks alter ph value?

**exotic** · 2nd Aug 2007, 20:17

hi bro.. you can get some at yishun...juz went these.... till got alot in many sizes..

**stephen chung** · 2nd Aug 2007, 23:02

I went down to NA this afternoon after waiting for 1/2 hr for carpark. The are many lava rocks. Bought some..thanks guys

**rkoh2020** · 3rd Jun 2012, 13:07

Hi Stephen,
May I know "NA" means to ... wanna to buy some Lava Rock too.
Thks!

**Zee** · 3rd Jun 2012, 14:09

NA means Nature Aquarium.

Blk 1, Thomson Road, #01-340, Balestier Hill Shopping Centre, Singapore 300001

**stormhawk** · 4th Jun 2012, 00:33

I got my lava rocks from Green Chapter prior to their move. They should have these available once the move to the new location is completed. There are 2 types of lava rocks seen. One reddish and the other is more darker grey in color. The reddish ones are rich in iron, so if you have these in a planted tank they will help in providing a source of iron for the plants.

**EdwinTay** · 4th Jun 2012, 07:44

I got some small (3-6 inches) red ones

**ralliart12** · 4th Jun 2012, 11:44

Originally Posted by stormhawk

...The reddish ones are rich in iron, so if you have these in a planted tank they will help in providing a source of iron for the plants.

Oh, I didn't realise the red ones have tangible differences. May I know how did you find this out?

**stormhawk** · 4th Jun 2012, 15:03

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...-filters/page3

Find the post by Wright Huntley. Red lava rock and red clay will contain amounts of iron present. How the plants get to that iron, I do not know but the continuous flow of water through the red lava rocks should be able to slowly leech out the iron into the water column. I use a mix of red and grey lava rock to get contrasting colors.