Driftwood anchoring

Hi again folks :)

Unfortunately Slappy, the stones just aren't holding this monstor driftwood down.......but thanks for the link punch, I will order a few of those for added strength, extra strength never hurt.......latazyo, I'm wondering if they make anchor weights big enough...I mean, this piece is pretty big....I never seen the anchors before but I doubt they make them big enough....good suggestion though, I have another piece that has been in the tank for a few years now and didn't have near the problems that I am with this monster.......

thanks again for all your replies......you guys are really keeping me busy ;)
 
My driftwood could be considered a monster as well....about 3' long, 11" thick in the middle, and about 15" tall...the stones I used ranged anywhere from 5-10 lbs:D...when I first added this wood, it wanted to sink about as much as a basketball would..lol
 
Actually Slappy, that DOES sound a lot like my monster except mine isn't quite as long but it is quite thick and tall. I'd say about 15" tall, about a foot wide and about 5" or so thick in the middle.... You initially put in down with those stones? (btw, I didn't realize you were talking about such big rocks, sorry about that...) I will certainly give that a shot since it worked for you.....thanks for explaining that for me bud ;)
 
the piece of mine that uses plant anchors is only 18" tall, shaped like a Y and about 1" thick

my other piece, however, is about 30" long, 1.5" thick, and I anchored it down with baseball sized rocks for about four day sin the aquarium...I accidentally moved the rocks one day and much to my surprise the driftwood stayed submerged w/out the rocks on it
 
cool latazyo!! Well, I'm going to a new pet store either tonight or tomorrow morning...... I will be checking the rocks out to use as anchors and I have a few of the suction cups coming in the mail. Thanks you all for all the suggestions/help. You all saved my sanity again!! ;)
 
Hey, if you really wanted to work at it, you could go to home depot and buy some slate ig enough to fit over the entire bottom of your tank. Then, clear out everything on the bottom, (you could keep the fish and the water in,) look at how far your water level has dropped, (just for fun) and put the slate at the bottom. Now, you can drill whatever you want to into the bottom of your tank. Also, you would need less gravel to get to the height you wanted, and then there would be less space for the waste to settle in. For example, if you only had an average of 1 inch of substrate with the slate instead of 2 before, all your waste would be on the top inch, and there wold be less gravel to move around.
Just a suggestion.
 
hehehe, Rocketman, that sounds like a great idea but just a little bit more work than I was into at this point. I mean, I finally got the bottom of the tank to the look I want, except this darned wood piece. BUT I haven't made it to the pet store today but will get out there to get the stones and am waiting for the suction cups to come in. I will keep you all updated.
 
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