Sinking Driftwood

[crockwood]

My fiance found a piece of driftwood in all her junk she took from her parents, and I decided to use it in my tank since it compliments the other piece. I soaked it in a 5 gal bucket for a week, to pull tannins and all that crap out, but when I went to put it in the tank it would float. I weighed it down with slate, and 1.5 weeks later its still wanting to float if i take the slate off.

Is this typical? How long does it normally take to get wood to sink? Are some pieces ever just plain unsinkable?

 

[mgamer20o0]

some wood can take months to sink. others just will not sink. it really depends on the type of wood.

 

[Crepe]

I've had my dw for almost a month and it still refuses to sink.Just use fishing line and some fishing weights to hold it down.

 

[crockwood]

grrr... Ok, I'll have to devise something to weigh it down with that I can hide under the substrate. Seeing the fishing line will drive me crazy.

 

[Crepe]

Here are ways:
Use silicon and glue it to a piece of slate
Use a drill and screw it onto a piece of slate.

 

[Bige]

I had dw that never sank. But if it wont do what Crepe said. Then it will stay where you want it.

 

[mctypething]

I have two pieces of driftwood in my tank. I screwed a piece of slate on to each for 3 months before taking the slate off. Both pieces sank after I removed the slate. But I have read that there's really no rule to the matter, each piece is different.

Maybe get a small weight, like is used in fishing and glue it onto the underside of the driftwood?

 

[BigJim]

I bought a piece of driftwood that came screwed to a piece of plexiglas to make the driftwood stand up. Burying the plexiglas in the sand keeps the driftwood down. Just be sure they're stainless screws.

I also got a big piece or mopani from my brother. That took about three weeks of submersion weighed down with rocks to waterlog it.

 

[CA_BroncoFan]

I use malaysian dw and that stuff sinks like a rock but I was prepared with fissing line and some rock if it didnnt. Just bury the rock and put a plant in front of the line

 

[tyro]

I had a piece of driftwood I bought from an aquarium store. It was already screwed to a piece of slate and it still took 3 weeks of soaking in hot water to get it stay down. Soaking in hot water speeds absorption. Good luck to you!

 

[tyro]

oops didn't notice the date...I assume it's sunk by now? lol