Dark Rocks for Cave Building

[gnatster]

Have my eye on a UNS 45SA, a shallow all-in-one, to house Mexican Orange Crayfish. I've been flipping between pictures of rocks, trying to imagine what would work well. My idea is a cascading wall of dark rock, with caves and epiphytes stuffed between the cracks. Leading to a foreground strewn with pebbles of the same rock over a base of a lighter colored sand, along with leaf litter and pods. The orange coloration of the crayfish ought to pop against the darker rock.

I've been trying to picture the layout with one of these:
Blue Rhino Stone
Manten Stone
North Black Stone

If I had my druthers, the stone is available from Buce Plant, where I'm sitting on a sizable credit.

Comments, suggestions, etc, all welcome.

 

[techman81]

Black Lava Rock is probably the darkest, but not sure if it's the look you want.

 

[Sb1415]

Black seiryu stones looks good when I saw it in a LFS in Louisville.

 

[*Ci*]

Of the 3 you listed, I like the look of North Black stone the best for caves. Seems like it would be the “blackest” when wet.

 

[Laurie131]

Have my eye on a UNS 45SA, a shallow all-in-one, to house Mexican Orange Crayfish. I've been flipping between pictures of rocks, trying to imagine what would work well. My idea is a cascading wall of dark rock, with caves and epiphytes stuffed between the cracks. Leading to a foreground strewn with pebbles of the same rock over a base of a lighter colored sand, along with leaf litter and pods. The orange coloration of the crayfish ought to pop against the darker rock.

I've been trying to picture the layout with one of these:
Blue Rhino Stone
Manten Stone
North Black Stone

If I had my druthers, the stone is available from Buce Plant, where I'm sitting on a sizable credit.

Comments, suggestions, etc, all welcome.

I’m doing a dwarf orange crayfish setup too. I decided to go with black rock as well, but I got lava rock and fluval stratum. White sand is hard to maintain. It isn’t full of water yet, but is taking shape nicely. Black and green are so nice together.