Drift Wood Problems

[Maddhatter]

I am working on my nephews aquarium for his birthday gift (150 Gallon Hexagon) I had it specially built for his bedroom. Anyway I recently traveled to Tennessee and then to Mississippi and found some beautiful driftwood in the local creeks and streams.

Before i placed it in his tank i tried to map out my design in a 30 gallon bowfront but could not get the driftwood to stay submerged. I tried burying it in the substrate but it came right up, tried to place a rock in it but it came up, tried mesh netting with gravel in it =, it stayed down but defeated the purpose of being a hiding spot as the mesh netting filled up the space.

if anyone knows of a trick to making it stay down I would appreciate it. Thanks alot
P.S. Check out my album with my fish zeus and see if you can identify what he is. (I will apologize for the pictures in advance he is not a fan of pictures)

[majortank]

Some take a while to stay down. I left mine in a bucket of water for a week or so (changing water every day or so) until it finally went under. You may just need to let it float in the tank until it drops.

[petluvr]

Welcome to the forum:) You may wan to post your questions in the freshwater section to get a better response. Some say boiling or baking it helps it to sink. Did you try just putting a big rock on top of it to hold it down, not the most aesthetically pleasing but it will work.

[petluvr]

Zues looks to me to be some type of low grade flowerhorn.

[msjinkzd]

Welcome to ac!

[dixienut]

:welcome:

[Luvbugz]

You could get some stainless steel screws and screw the piece of driftwood to a piece of slate. Then just bury the slate in your substrate and tada!

[Rbishop]

Welcome to AC!

[Bushtech]

Luvbugz got your answer.
Use a concrete drill bit or better yet a diamond bit on a rotory drill, like a Drumil tool). Use stainless steal screws only. Brass contains copper which is poison and regular steel will rust. You can get the slate from a flooring, roofing or hardware store (Home Depot) or find a piece in a creek bed or construction site. Chip it to shape and then sand or grind down the sharp edges. Wash before using.
Hope this helps.

Bushtech

[ChrisK]

:welcome: to ac