Lowes river rock and pea gravel

We are buying an 150 wide for our red devil and jack. we are thinking about using pea gravel and river rock you can buy at lowes or home depot... has anyone used this before.. is so what are some of the pro and cons ....

thanks..

P.S. we will be looking for another red devil once we get it up and cycling... thanks..

One con about gravel is that sometimes food particles and waste get trapped in there pretty easily. Not a huge issue if you like to clean your tank often. I use a gavel that is slightly smaller than a pea gravel and wish it were smaller to make gravel vac clean up easier.

Not sure what Lowes or Home Depot charges, but I know where you can go to get sand gravel rock very cheap.

As for getting another Devil. I have F1's.

I have pea gravel sized rock in my tank. I do a full gravel vac every week and there is always waste under the gravel at the bottom. Next time I am using sand :p

I have home depot pea gravel,,, its cheap and seems ok for the fish in there,,,does need alot of vacuuming.

the tank comes with under gravel filters.. but my other half still wants to run a canister and overheads... i do weekly gravel cleans on my 55's.

@Madness: we will be sure to hit you up when the tank is up and cycling..

as for the gravel it is about $3.56 for 0.5 Cu Ft.

Not sure what that comes out to, but I paid $7 for 50lbs. Also, under gravel filters are so 1970's, They are not worth it imo.

any suggestions on what we should run for a filter system then?

I personally like the Fx5 or the Rena Xp4. And a power head attached to a large sponge filter.

madness wrote:Also, under gravel filters are so 1970's, They are not worth it imo.

Yep

Have to agree with madness about the filter recommendations. I use two FX5's on my 210g and an very happy with the performance.

Also the stuff madness has in his tank is really nice looking, a larger grain sand that does not stir up easily. Been thinking about changing out my gravel for it. Pretty cheap stuff, where he gets it.