NATURAL Black Slate Rock - Aquarium / Terrarium / Bonsai Stone
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- Backordered, shipping soon
If you attempt to add this item to a cart with any other items that are not stones, you will receive a message at checkout that says: "There are no shipping methods available for your cart or destination."
Black Slate is a metamorphic sedimentary rock that is derived from shale and is very popular in aquarium decoration. This rock is typically flat and it is very useful for aquascaping caves and creating surfaces that create refuge and spawning sites for aquatic animals. It is also an excellent surface for mounting/rooting many aquatic plants such as Anubias, Java Fern, and most mosses. Black Slate is also considered nearly or completely waterproof and will not degrade underwater.
We are offering high-quality, attractive pieces of this classic aquarium rock in many assortments. Most of our pieces are already mostly blunt on the edges and will require little to no further sanding or alteration in order to avoid scratching or harming aquarium animals.
We package all of our exotic stones with ample padding/protection during shipment. However, we recommend rinsing any residual dust with non-chlorinated water before aquarium usage.
*IMPORTANT* Please "Choose a Variant" above before adding this item to your cart.
The variants we're currently offering are:
- 1 lb, Nano Rubble Rock Assortment:
Our 1 lb Rubble Rock Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for highlighting the substrate of smaller aquariums as well as medium to larger aquariums.
- 2 lb, Nano Assortment:
Our 2 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for smaller aquariums as well as medium to larger aquariums.
- 5 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 5 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for smaller aquariums as well as medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- 10 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 10 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for smaller aquariums as well as medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- 15 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 15 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- 20 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 20 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- 25 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 25 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- 30 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our Black Slate Assortment is perfect for medium and large aquariums. It consists of several stones of varying size that can be configured in nearly endless ways to achieve very dramatic, artistic arrangements for the aquarium, terrarium, or bonsai tree habitat. Most pieces will be 5-9+ inches in length.
- 50 lb Assortment, Multiple Rocks:
Our 50 lb Assortment of Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 4-7+ inches in length.
- Single DELUXE Large Rock:
Our 4-6+ lb Single Deluxe Large Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 8-10+ inches in length.
- Single DELUXE XL SHOW Rock:
Our 16-20+ lb Single Deluxe XL Show Black Slate is perfect for medium to larger aquariums. Most rocks will be 10-12+ inches in length.
For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.
UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.
Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
