Fishlover94
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Trying to soak driftwood in the bathtub for over a week, and it still floats. Please help. It's too big to fit in a pot
Driftwood wood
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Driftwood can take months to sink, it might never sink depending on what type of wood it is. Weighing it down so it is held under water rather than floating on the surface can speed things up a little, but it can still take months.
Just put it in your aquarium and weigh it down in place with something like a bag of sand. Remove the weight when the wood will stay submerged on its own.
Just put it in your aquarium and weigh it down in place with something like a bag of sand. Remove the weight when the wood will stay submerged on its own.
Andy Sager
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You need to weigh the piece down to better help any trapped air escape. If that doesn't help and you don't want to wait it out, you will have to attach the wood to something like a piece of slate or tile.
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Fishlover94
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It's on slateYou need to weigh the piece down to better help any trapped air escape. If that doesn't help and you don't want to wait it out, you will have to attach the wood to something like a piece of slate or tile.
Andy Sager
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Then you are just going to have to keep that bucket on top of it until it saturates the wood more.
You could try to see if by knocking on different areas you can find an air pocket then take a small drill bit to puncture it. Another option is to remove the slate's screw to see if there is a hollow area in the wood underneath it then fill that with more rock or weight after drilling an escape hole for the air.
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Fishlover94
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Driftwood
3 weeks still floating please help
3 weeks still floating please help
Colin_T
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Just a waiting game. Some driftwood sinks straight away. Other wood can take weeks, months or even years before it sinks. You can tie it to some rocks with string or fishing line and that can let it stay down until it becomes water logged.
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Fishlover94
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Years? Really
Colin_T
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yep, years.
most sinks within a few months tho.
most sinks within a few months tho.
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Fishlover94
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A bag full of sand would be safer in a tank.
Andy Sager
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I wouldn't use a dumb bell since there may be oils on it but you could do a concrete block in a tank if you can't get a heavy enough rock to hold it down.
Sometimes, people use a xxlong stainless steel screw and drill into a stone tile to mount it and hold it down
LVstealth
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
do you know what kind of wood it is?
