View Full Version : something very heavy and non toxic to fish
Dragon_Lord_Tia
04-12-2003, 2:49 AM
ive got some driftwood that floats and i cant wait for it to soak up the water so is their something that is very heavy and non toxic to fish and if posible easy to mould(soft and flexable)so i can weigh down the wood
Bantam
04-12-2003, 4:25 AM
screw or silicon it to some slate to keep it down
wetmanNY
04-12-2003, 4:27 AM
Fill ziploc bags with gravel (and water) as sandbags.
Dragon_Lord_Tia
04-12-2003, 5:15 AM
i might try the ziploc bag 1 seems good
wetmanNY
04-12-2003, 8:48 AM
Well, remember to come back, find your thread and let us know what you did that worked for you.
Dragon_Lord_Tia
04-12-2003, 10:04 PM
no it didnt work sorry:p
GEV83
04-12-2003, 10:51 PM
I would try screwing it to some slate with stainless steel screws. I was wondering why dont you guys by driftwood that they have in the tanks at lfs that already sink. I know they might not have any but I dont know just seems odd that so many have this problem with driftwood.
Lukara
04-13-2003, 12:22 AM
I had that problem recently. I used a tupperware to hold my driftwood down. I drilled 2 holes in it and 1 in the driftwood and I attached the two with some tie wraps. I then buried the tupperware under the gravel and used the gravel in the tupperware as my weight.
Dragon_Lord_Tia
04-13-2003, 12:31 AM
my local fish store is my store i have wood that doesnt flost but this bit of wood is 1 of those peices you just have to have i cant help it i ave a rock on it for the time being but it looks untidy
Firsttanks
04-13-2003, 12:41 PM
Try a heaver piece of wood that will hold the other down temporaraly, might look better than a rock?:D
GEV83
04-13-2003, 12:50 PM
LOL what a fool man. Tank what if that wood floats??? On another thread they suggest drilling the Driftwood to a piece of plexiglass that is about the same size as the bottom of the tank and then placing all the rock on top. The only thing is plexiglass isnt the cheapest material out there but would most likely work.
wetmanNY
04-13-2003, 1:16 PM
Lukara's tupperware suggestion seems pretty fresh to me. Don't we all have tupperware lids that don't fit any of our tupperware containers. The bigger the better. Easy to drill for the monofilament, too.
It helps to do this when you're first setting up, of course...
I usualy use a rubberband to attatch a rock or two to the driftwood. It holds the wood down and is not toxic. May not work on big wood
i've always just used limestone, put it on the wood in some interesting way it can look natural and even cooler than just witht he wood. you could use other stone too if you're worried about water getting hard and whatnot
ryan