Buy Tufa

BUY TUFA

English Tufa Rock is a limited supply which encompasses the last known source of genuine highest quality Tufa Rock or Tufa Stone in the UK. We are proud to be offering a rare opportunity to purchase this incredible limited collection. Each Tufa Rock is freshly sourced by hand to maintain its stunning surface detail. All enquiries are welcome including orders for bespoke creations such as Aquarium Caves or Tufa Walls. The perfect pieces are hand selected for you based on your requirement as part of a personalised service. The following Tufa Rock range is not exhaustative so if you cant see exactly what you are looking for get in touch! Simply send an email describing the English Tufa Rock you are looking for and we'll get back to you straight away.

TUFA AQUARIUM

Perfect for either your marine or freshwater aquarium; English Tufa Rock is an excellent medium of creating a natural looking environment. It's surface although intricate, is safe for delicate aqualife but provides great friction for saftely stacking and building bespoke Tufa Walls or Tufa Caves. It can be easily drilled and glued into place. Tufa's structure is 40-60% porous meaning its conveniently light for easy arrangment in the tank. Tufa Rock's high Calcium content creates a fantastic natural pH buffer. Aqua plant life thrive in Tufa enabling the potential to grow endless plant species as part of your aquascape.

English Tufa Rock have proudly supplied such prestigous clients as the West Midland Safari & Leisure Park as seen in the photographs. In 2013 their team used English Tufa Rock to create a stunning marine environment to be enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year.

TUFA ALPINE, BONSAI & CACTI

English Tufa Rock demonstrates the highest quality of Tufa available for use in Alpine, Bonsai and Cacti Gardens. It's unique mineral content of calcium makes it the professionally acknowledged ultimate choice for planting. Tufa Rock is also used to create stunning 'Tufa Walls', 'Coloumns' and 'Troughs'. Victorians embrassed the many qualities of Tufa and as such became incredibly fashionable in the 1800's particularly with Nobility and Landed Gentry, utilising this versitile rock forming garden landscapes lasting hundred of years.

Tufa's structure is 40-60% porous which ensures a very light weight convenient for arranging and structuring. This also means a healthy availabilty of moisture is maintained for plants, even after a prolonged period of dry atmospheric conditions. Roots can easily penetrate the rock's crevises absorbing the rich calcium content in the process . Accredited literature and field Experts advise Tufa is the answer for some difficult to grow alpines and that many live for longer planted directly in Tufa.

Planting Tufa Rock could not be easier with its lightweight structure providing easy handling and soft composite enabling effortless manipulation by drilling or sanding, whilst maintaining a strong and robust confirmation. High calcium Tufa dust is created through drilling which in its self is very valuable for settling a seedling or use in growing mixtures. Tufa Rock can be continuously re-moulded and manipulated for new uses or projects. No matter how the rock is worked it always maintains a natural finish whilst continuously exposing deeper layers of detail. Self seeding plants, mosses and lichens can easily settle on the Tufa's surface quickly creating an established look if desired.

TUFA WALL & TUFA REEF

Create the most engaging and dynamic aquascape for your marine or freshwater aquarium. These Tufa Walls offer exciting opportunity for aqua life to explore, hide and play. The rocks will be supplied seperately which enabes you to construct your own creation exactly how you want it and the versatility to redesign your aquarium in the future. Caves, towers and mountains are just some structures that can be created. Due to the intricate surface detail of the Tufa, rocks can easily and safely be stacked with sufficient friction to hold firmly in place. There is also the opportunity to further secure the rocks with aquarium specific HA6 addhesive that can be purchased cheaply online. These Tufa Walls can be created to any size, the one shown in the photographs measures 100cm long by 50cm high by 15 cm deep.