Where to get Sinking Driftwood?

[IFLY2HIGH]

Looking for some sinking driftwood. I got some from a LFS and guess what it doesn't sink even after soaking it in water weighted down. I do not want the stuff with the granet bases as it won't work for my layout. What kinds of wood will sink that I need to look for or what online vendor supplies it. I'm alomost to the point of heading down to a few of the local lakes to find some at this point.

Suggestions?

Thanks!!

 

[Xielos]

I recomend doing just that, head down to a lake and grab your own. Be careful though, if the water is poluted, then the wood is no good. Its also a good idea to boil it, to make sure it kills off any parasite or bacteria.

 

[Halo]

New wood often takes some time to become waterlogged enough to sink. I try to boil mine for 5 or 6 hours before introducing it to the tank. That kills bacteria, parasites, and leaches tannins that will stain my tank water brown. But it also drives some water into the wood fiber, and that helps keep the wood down. If you're willing to mount a piece of slate on your new wood <use a drill, easy to drill though> or even just rubber band a rock to it for a while, it'll eventually take up enough water to sink and stay sunk. How long depends on wood density, how big the piece is, surface area..all that good stuff. I've heard tales of wood that stayed down after a day or three, and huge pieces that still try to float months later. All depends on your unique piece of wood.

 

[Raskolnikov]

I've got this in almost all of my tanks, it sinks like a stone:
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/11370/cid/2928

 

[cohazard]

I've got this in almost all of my tanks, it sinks like a stone:
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/11370/cid/2928

I agree with Ras. The price is worth not having to deal with the headache of trying to figure out how to boil a large piece of wood, or having to bake it in your oven.

You also don't have to worry about parasites/pollution/floating, etc.....

 

[telecubby]

I've got this in almost all of my tanks, it sinks like a stone:
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/11370/cid/2928

that stuffs not bad but looks very domestic, wouldn't realy suit some biotopes. I use to see that style alot but they have a more predominent exotic strain perhaps from south america

 

[telecubby]

driftwood

get if upriver @ the bottom that way its already sunk & cleaner than downstream or on the banks of a still lake or pond, try not to look in slow moving rivers.

 

[IFLY2HIGH]

Thanks for the replys. How much wood is too much wood in a tank. Will alot of wood reek havok on ph problems in the future? Mine is a 29 gallon tank, nothing is in it yet except for water and gravel and will stay that way until I get it aquascaped out, but don't want to add to much wood to be problemicatic. I saw an ad in a Drs Foster Smith mag that they had resin real looking driftwood and if it's anything like the pics it looks real. Maybee mix in a few pieces of that and some real wood?

 

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

i got some great sinking stuff from Big Als...similar to what Raskolnikov posted...Bought it instore though....

 

[ArubaSnuba]

Drsfostersmith.com also carries sinking driftwood, although they still recommend soaking it for 1-2 weeks to rid the wood of tannins.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8103&N=2004+113714