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Burden landscape Ireland
- Thread starter Halley
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Many of the rocks used for scaping like Seiryu, Manten, and Ryuoh are actually all types of limestone, so you could probably use them without any real issues.
They might raise TDS slightly but the frequent and substantial water changes that go hand in glove with eutrophic dosing methods will counter that to a great extent.
But more to the point...if you do try to take some home you might end up being prosecuted...Limestone pavements are of very high biodiversity importance in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, they are protected by Limestone Pavement Orders and continue to be on the UK and local list of priority habitats for biodiversity. I should image that there is similar protection for the Burden landscape...
They might raise TDS slightly but the frequent and substantial water changes that go hand in glove with eutrophic dosing methods will counter that to a great extent.
But more to the point...if you do try to take some home you might end up being prosecuted...Limestone pavements are of very high biodiversity importance in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, they are protected by Limestone Pavement Orders and continue to be on the UK and local list of priority habitats for biodiversity. I should image that there is similar protection for the Burden landscape...
Yes - the Burren is protected as well so I won’t take any linestone from there. There is other limestone all over Ireland that I never thought of using. Why do people spend so much money on these expensive aquascaping stones when there are so many free?
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Edvet
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Haha...garden centres and building yards are also sources of cheap rock most of which are fine to scape with as well 
Hi all,
If people are interested there is the <"BurrenBeo Trust"> and the <"Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark">.
A geologist (Mike Simms) wrote a <"brief book about the geology"> in the early 2000's, which is now out of print and expensive second-hand. There is a summary at <"Habitas: Glacial and karst landscapes of the Gort lowlands and Burren">.
cheers Darrel
Yes it is carboniferous age limestone, and it is pretty hard so it doesn't have a lot of effect on water hardness.
<"There is">, but you can see some of the problems in the back-ground of the portal dolmen image. There has been a lot of land reclamation and most of the flatter areas of pavement have been agriculturally improved in the last 30 years. I did some botanical work in the Burren between ~1995 - 2004.
If people are interested there is the <"BurrenBeo Trust"> and the <"Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark">.
A geologist (Mike Simms) wrote a <"brief book about the geology"> in the early 2000's, which is now out of print and expensive second-hand. There is a summary at <"Habitas: Glacial and karst landscapes of the Gort lowlands and Burren">.
cheers Darrel
Edvet
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I always miss those landscapes in our sandy and muddy wet flat country
Andrew Butler
Member
so where does everyone source their bigger stones from?
