More on driftwood

[cdawson]

Anybody know the average sinking period on driftwood? I've heard three days, three weeks, three months, never and just boiling it will work. I've had about 12 large to small pieces of driftwood (minus one the dog decided was his...) for about a month now and I've been soaking them constantly in a large tub, however none of them seem to be even close to sinking yet. Other than the pricey drill-a-hole-in-slate job can anyone give me some advice?

[demon_surfer]

in my understanding it can be decades or even centuries before drif wood gets waterlogged enough to sink. your best bet is to bolt it to some slat or attach suction cups to it and stick it in the tank

[OrionGirl]

Have you been floating htem, or do you have them submerged in the tub? If they are floating, they won't absorb enough to sink. Some types of wood will require a much longer period of time to become sufficently weighted down to float.

Short of glue, I don't know of any other option that don't involve slate. I suppose you could use a chunk of acrylic, drill holes, and use fishing line around the wood, then pile enough gravel and rock on the acrylic?

[Raithan Ellis]

I used monofilament fishing line tied around some of my driftwood, then attatched it to the bottom using heavy duty suction cups.

[wetmanNY]

Who recently made the fresh suggestion to drill the wood and punch two small holes in a tupperware etc. lid, lash the wood to the lid with monofilament, and bury the lid in gravel? cool.

I weight wood with ZipLoc sand-baggies filled with gravel (no air bubbles) --also cool.

[Dangerdoll]

I have a huge piece that I mentioned a while back and am using 2 (was 3) big rocks to keep it down......even now, after soaking it first for a week (give or take a day or two), and being in the water for months, it still wouldn't stay put if I removed the rocks entirely.

[cdawson]

great another 80 bucks down the drain..... =(

[carpguy]

That pricey drill a whole in slate bit is actually quite cheap. Same with that epoxy them to slate bit.

[750t]

I found a great looking piece. I have soaked it and boiled it. Now Im letting dry out. Then Im going to use silicone to attach it to a rock that looks cool. I dont think this will look to bad.The only cash spent was on the silicone. Tim

[cdawson]

my only problem attaching it to the rock I have is that the rock already weighs about 70 pounds, adding more weight to a tank that already weighs around 2500 pounds.

[RENEGADE]

yeah but you have that much less water:)

[Raithan Ellis]

You should easily be able to fill at least 1/4 of most any manufactured tank with rocks in any manner (gravel, large river rocks, stacked slate, live rock, ect...) without causing damage to the tank, assuming it's on a good stand.