Driftwood

[Angelfish56]

How can you get it to sink faster

 

[mfdrookie516]

Tie it to a rock

 

[Angelfish56]

Any other way

 

[Homedog98]

Soak it in some really hot water, and tie it down until it stays down itself.

 

[fort384]

hollow it out, fill it with lead.

 

[Homedog98]

Lol, seriously?

 

[mfdrookie516]

Sure. If you want it sunken right now, and won't tie it to a rock... what other option is there?

 

[LemurLad]

Hold it down.

 

[Homedog98]

Sure. If you want it sunken right now, and won't tie it to a rock... what other option is there?

Lol, I love it!

 

[Angelfish56]

It's been soaking for 3 weeks I just want things to go faster also it's a big piece

 

[fort384]

I really think attaching it to stone is your best bet. It can take a very long time to get it to sink on it's own.

 

[jcolon]

I bought Mopani Driftwood from Petco and it said on the label it would sink. Not sure what they do, but it worked, I put it in the tank and sank right to the bottom.
Generally wood will not sink until it is waterlogged, so short of letting it soak in a bucket for a week or tie it down to a rock ... check out Petco ... I'm sure Petsmart must also carry it.

 

[Homedog98]

I bought Mopani Driftwood from Petco and it said on the label it would sink. Not sure what they do, but it worked, I put it in the tank and sank right to the bottom.
Generally wood will not sink until it is waterlogged, so short of letting it soak in a bucket for a week or tie it down to a rock ... check out Petco ... I'm sure Petsmart must also carry it.

It's a hardwood root... Of course it sinks lol. The issue with mopani is that depending on the piece, it can leach for years.

 

[Crepe]

Piece of slate + hand drill = sunken wood.

 

[Angelfish56]

I got it from the driftwood store and I already did holes

 

[AquaOne]

No-more-Nails ?
Only joking, that's probably not good for fish, and difficult to apply under-water !
You can put it in a pressurized water container, about 3x atmospheres will make a 3-week soak take just one week (simple math really). A decent pressure vessel should cost no more than around $5000, is the wait (or weight) beginning to sound good now ???

 

[ldaniel]

Find a different piece of wood. It may not be worth wasting more time on if you are not wanting to tie it down in any way.

 

[AquaOne]

You can get very realistic resin-mould ornamentals. I have what looks like the base of a small tree with root in my tank (sinks no problem) and you would be hard-pressed to tell it apart from the real stuff. Mopani is the wood to decorate your tank with, also benefits some fish species like pleco's. It's a bit more expensive, but it's not like you are having to buy some every couple of weeks, so IMO well worth the extra.

 

[Crepe]

No-more-Nails ?
Only joking, that's probably not good for fish, and difficult to apply under-water !
You can put it in a pressurized water container, about 3x atmospheres will make a 3-week soak take just one week (simple math really). A decent pressure vessel should cost no more than around $5000, is the wait (or weight) beginning to sound good now ???

Pressure cooker?

 

[ldaniel]

Your best bet is to just tie it down. Or wait and let it work it out on its own.

I went through 3 different pieces until I got one that worked. I was lucky enough to get line out of the Colorado river though. So I wasn't out any cash.