how do I sink a big piece of driftwood?
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Be sure to boil/bake it and then soak it in a bucket/tub of water for at least 1-2 weeks, changing the water regularly. The boiling/baking should kill any nasties that might be on it and the soaking will help you determine if it's clean or still leaching stuff into the water before putting it in your tank. It may need to be soaked longer than 1-2 weeks.
As far as sinking it, if you soak it for a few weeks you can kind of tell if it seems like it's starting to get water logged enough to sink or not. If it is, you might try soaking it a few more weeks to see if you can get it to soak naturally. Otherwise, screwing a piece of slate to the bottom (or something else heavy) is about the only way.
As far as sinking it, if you soak it for a few weeks you can kind of tell if it seems like it's starting to get water logged enough to sink or not. If it is, you might try soaking it a few more weeks to see if you can get it to soak naturally. Otherwise, screwing a piece of slate to the bottom (or something else heavy) is about the only way.
I have a very large piece of driftwood in my tank, and the slate it came screwed to wasn't nearly enough keep it down. It was too big to soak in anything smaller than my bathtub (okay, I could have purchased a huge Rubbermaid container, but I didn't think of that at the time) so I had to come up with something creative:
I took an old 10g UGF plate, turned it upside down, put the slate on top, then the driftwood, and ran the screws through the UGF, slate, and into the driftwood. It provided enough area so that with gravel and rocks covering the plate the wood stayed down and after a couple months it finally became completely water logged.
I took an old 10g UGF plate, turned it upside down, put the slate on top, then the driftwood, and ran the screws through the UGF, slate, and into the driftwood. It provided enough area so that with gravel and rocks covering the plate the wood stayed down and after a couple months it finally became completely water logged.
curious why we still call it drift wood when its wood that we want submerged under water...if it sinks to the bottom and stays there....its not "drifting" anymore...so why is it called driftwood still?? lol
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babypimpin said:
When we throw it into water, they "drift" to the bottom.
Same reason why feet "smells" and a nose "runs".
JK
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ummm, it's been in a tank for almost a year we keep it under water by wedgeing it against the tank lid. We what it to lay down. how? anything on aquarium lead.
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