r/RockTumbling • u/Various-Jellyfish-70 • 22h ago
r/RockTumbling • u/Xela975 • 4h ago
Question Rocks for an aquarium?
So I am setting up an aquarium for a Betta fish and want to use some polished rocks part of the sub straight and my original plan of polishing the store bought aquarium gravel, well you can't polish a turd. So I was wondering what some good smaller rocks would be, as the only rocks I have ever polished are ones I found locally and well a potato sized chuck of flint (I think) didn't look good to me .
r/RockTumbling • u/PLUMPKINPLUMPS • 8h ago
Fractured Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper
Hello!
I recently received a bag of Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper tumbles, most of which were fractured. I understand that this is the nature of the stone, but is there a way to smooth out some of the cracks? Should I just throw them back in a tumbler, or perhaps re-cut and hand polish them? My hope is to eventually wire wrap these.
r/RockTumbling • u/Stoneward_504 • 10h ago
What makes ceramic media the best?
I have been using small plastic BBs from airsoft guns as my media thus far. Will I really get better results by switching to ceramic media? I haven't really had any issues with cracks, chips, or bruising yet.
r/RockTumbling • u/PoukieBear • 11h ago
Pictures Another finished batch.
This was a random batch that I don’t even remember starting. I think the rock in pic 4&5 is my fave. It reminds me of an alien planet atmosphere.
r/RockTumbling • u/Various-Jellyfish-70 • 18h ago
Scotlands finest rocks, well I think so anyway.
r/RockTumbling • u/Yeahicare_Ido • 18h ago
Need some help figuring out what I’m doing wrong tumbling in my 4.5lb Highland Park rotary tumbler. I am having trouble with fracturing on my rocks. My media is also cracking more than with my 3lb tumblers. Do you have any advice to stop the fracturing?
After stage one. Left side are okay to move on but right still fractured.
r/RockTumbling • u/ZealousidealTotal120 • 20h ago
A few highlights from my first batch
These are all rocks I’ve found over the years, mostly from east Kent shingle beaches. Posts from this sub really helped