How much time to get drift wood to sink?

When I got my driftwood, I couldn't get it into a pot, so i soaked it in our bathtub. I ran steaming hot water over it for about 20 min every night and then let it soak in that water til the next night when I hit it with hot water again. Took bout 4 weeks to get it to sink on its own. Now I weighted it down in the tub to keep it under. I also got a long 3/8" bit and drilled a hole down the center to aid in water absorption. It took a great deal of patience for me.

Anyone have any quicker methods?

put a rock on it to keep it under the water for a night. little bubbles should start coming out of different areas and then by the morning it should ahve stopped and the wood wil lbe waterlogged
Justin

I got a flat peice of slate and drilled a hole through it. I then attacked it to the wood using a stainless steel screw.

The slate plus the gravel on top of the slate was enough to submerge the wood.

btw, ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs

That is an awesome pl*co in your avatar. I never saw a bristlenose with so much unique coloration.

I have a pretty big hunk in my tank and it's still not able to stay under by itself. When I first got it, I ran hot water over it, kept it submersed in a garbage pail (specifically meant for aquarium stuff) for a week or so....nothing. This is already screwed onto a piece of slate, so the slate isn't helping...... went to the LFS and bought 3 big rocks and burried the slate under the gravel as well as placing the rocks on the corners (3 of them) of the slate. To this day, if I moved those rocks, that thing would be floating, although it wouldn't torpedo up to the surface like it used to...

DId you buy this drift wood or find it? I found some at the lake tha ti wanted but it wouldnt' sinkright away. I cut it in half to make it a better size for soaking(still had to be done in a garbage can). I poured boiling water over it everyday, and boiled it ina big pot over the fire pit outside every couple days(for a few hours each time). This went on for months(i gave up on teh boiling but still soaked it with hot water everyday). Finally after 4 months i was tired of doing all this and decided to take the best looking piece(the smalle half) and drill a bunch of tiny holes all over it, the the cracks and stuff so you couldnt' see them. Then boil it again. After drilling it it finally sunk after about a week of boiling.

I jsut recently bought a bunch of wood for my 58g(2 big pieces that cover almost the entire bottom) and it costs 70$ but in my eyes it was worth it as it sunk right away and i didn't have to go through the hell of boiling and soaking.

Moral of hte story, finding driftwood is not always betterthen jsut buying it. It may be cheaper but its a lot more work.

Now I remember why I like the African root so much!

Just a word of caution for anyone doing the screw through the slate thing.

I bought one already put together this way. It was fairly large(a nice one for my 75). I was holding mine down in the aquarium and putting rocks on the slate to hold it down after it had been soaking for about a week. All of the sudden it shot up to the top (halfway out of the water). The screw had broken the slate just enough to go through it. I was just glad it didn't wait until I'd put the glass and light back on it, woulda been a mess!