Driftwood - How to weight it down...

[biglittlehoss]

Does any one have any ideas on how to weight down a fairly large piece of driftwood in my freshwater tank? I originally had rocks around it and on top, but I am thought there might be a better way to do it. Yesterday I tried gluing (with pet store water glue, what ever it is called), a rock to it, thinking I could make it look really cool, weighting it down with glued rocks (fairly large) so that I don't have to use a zillion. Could use some suggestions. Thank you. :fairy: I just found this fairy, maybe it will magically make it stay down in exactly the position I want it!?!!!

58 Gal Freshwater
2 silver dollars
1 Gold something (not gold fish)
1 Orange Gourami
1 Pleco

72 Gal Saltwater
2 Tomato Clowns
1 Black Belly Trigger
1 Yellow Tang
2 Pajama Cardinals
1 Sea Hare
1 Green Brittle Star
2 Emerald Crabs
1 Leather Coral
1 Discosoma Metalic Blue Mushroom
10 Zoanthids
2 Dicosoma Green Mushrooms
1 Mexican Crab

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

just push it down into the gravel

worked 4 me :huh:

 

[wesleydnunder]

I've used a piece of slate screwed to the bottom of the wood and buried the slate in the substrate.

Mark

 

[Native American]

If you can get a piece of slate, carefully drill a hole in it using a masonry or percussion bit. I don't think that a hammer drill is necessary, though if the slate is thick enough, you won't break it up using the rotary hammer function.

Get a stainless steel wood screw (Home Depot and Lowe's have an aisle with stainless steel fasteners) and secure the slate to your piece of wood.

The slate by itself may not be heavy enough to hold down the wood, but all the gravel (if you use a substrate) laying on top of it will add enough weight to do the job.

v/r, N-A

 

[stingray4540]

If you can get a piece of slate, carefully drill a hole in it using a masonry or percussion bit. I don't think that a hammer drill is necessary, though if the slate is thick enough, you won't break it up using the rotary hammer function.

Get a stainless steel wood screw (Home Depot and Lowe's have an aisle with stainless steel fasteners) and secure the slate to your piece of wood.

The slate by itself may not be heavy enough to hold down the wood, but all the gravel (if you use a substrate) laying on top of it will add enough weight to do the job.

v/r, N-A

Exactly!

 

[wesleydnunder]

Thanks for elaborating on that, NA. :thm:

Mark

 

[gforster]

Depending on the size of the piece of wood and where you want to position it, screw some suction cups to it and attach it to the glass.

 

[biglittlehoss]

Driftwood - How to weight it down...

Guess I'll run out to Lowe's and pick up what I need. Thank you for the suggestions. I just couldn't figure out what to do. I have gravel as a substrate for freshwater so hopefully with slate attached will work. It is nice size, so I am just a little leary, may have to cut it down a bit so that it is easier to weight down. Thank you. Do appreciate it!

 

[Jericho]

Go get a couple of fishing weights the flat disks and screw a couple of them on either end of the wood. It will hold it down and it is low profile.

 

[RockabillyChick]

slate works, depending on how large and how buoyant your wood is, plexiglass works too.

for mine, i drilled two holes agcross the bottom, from the front of the wood to the back, so lengthwise. not up and down, basically. then i took about a piece of 5x5 plexiglass and drilled 4 holes in it, corresponding to the holes on the driftwood. then i used fishing line to tie the driftwood to it, then buried the plexiglass in the gravel. the weight of the gravel keeps the wood down.