making driftwood sink.

[terror]

Hi,
need help making a driftwood sink, i have a big piece which has been in my tank for over a year, tied it to a piece of rock for it to sink, but when the rock is removed, the driftwood floats agaiin
thinking of drilling holes into the driftwood, what would be good to weigh the driftwood down?

 

[paku]

I boiled my driftwood for about 12 hours strieght, changing the brown water for clear every 30 min or so.

 

[terror]

I boiled my driftwood for about 12 hours strieght, changing the brown water for clear every 30 min or so.

12 hours? don't have apot big wnough for my driftwood though

 

[apratsunrthd]

I have never heard of driftwood not sinking after a year... that's just crazy... Is this driftwood you bought or found? Perhaps it's just naturally too bouyant to ever sink on its own.

 

[terror]

I have never heard of driftwood not sinking after a year... that's just crazy... Is this driftwood you bought or found? Perhaps it's just naturally too bouyant to ever sink on its own.

i boughtn it from a fish and accessories distributor here.
need some ideas on how to weigh it down.

 

[jwddboy]

Id say its not great to have driftwood in the tank anyway, just the name (Driftwood) means that it drifts on the top of the water rather than sinking. You could weight it by sticking silicone on the bottom and attaching some lead but generally id say go and get some proper bogwood. First, what is in your tank?

 

[Star_Rider]

it really depends on the species of wood and the area the wood is grown in , that help determine how long the wood takes to sink.

you could drill into the wood and put lead in the holes, attach it to a piece of stone etc. I've seen wood attached to pieces of slate.

 

[twig]

just tie it to some terra cotta blocks if you don't want to wait the couple of days it will take to sink ...

 

[jkost]

Hi,
need help making a driftwood sink, i have a big piece which has been in my tank for over a year, tied it to a piece of rock for it to sink, but when the rock is removed, the driftwood floats agaiin
thinking of drilling holes into the driftwood, what would be good to weigh the driftwood down?

i used fishing line and large suction cups. worked well,took two weeks to sink..

 

[TwanDizzle]

jkost gave me a good idea... what about keeping a piece of driftwood suspended in the water? not on top, not at the bottom... tie 2 pieces of fishing line and attach it to the bottom somehow... i think it would be pretty neat to see it shifting back and forth with the current of the water... but to keep it at the bottom, why not attach it to a big piece of slate and use the substrate to weigh the slate down? i'm soaking a piece of driftwood like that.. i bought it and 2 fake plants with glued gravel substrate, and i'm using the plants to hold the slate down...