driftwood

by **tropical girl** on Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:59 pm

has anyone got any idea how you could keep
driftwood from floating???
ive seen some beautiful pieces at my lfs drool

but was told it will float so we checked it out
and sure enough it did not want to go to the bottom tantrum

how annoyed was i they were crackers!!
thanks for any help
p.s this is to go in a tank with oscars in ok!!

by **Newfishy** on Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:16 pm

I have heard boiling them will help, putting them in clean buckets of water and weighing them down, as well as placing them in the cistern(water holding part on top) of you toilet and letting them sit for a while. have never done any of this though.

by **SheenaShoup** on Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:51 pm

Maybe make a hole and put gravel or sand inside?

by **tropical girl** on Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:31 am

thanks for replies,
hub say`s its not gonig to work
as the pieces are very large log like
would need a brick to hold them down!
shame they were gorgeous pieces

by **Rezz** on Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:32 pm

Awww, shame they won't sink, could you try tying them to a stone, like a longish flat stone or something and burying the stone in the substrate so it can't be seen?

by **tropical girl** on Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:42 pm

hmm now you have me thinking!!!
i think i shal go and have another look
over the weekend thinking of slate to hold it down??
will let you know thanks for idea rezz thumbup

by **Newfishy** on Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:45 pm

I asked my dad about it (parents did a lot of fishkeeping back in the day) and he said he just gently put the wood in the tank and eventualy it sinks. it floats and looks dumb for a while but he said its not anything different then a fish would see in nature.

by **tropical girl** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:52 am

ok great thanks all for the advice here
im hoping to go and see it this weekend
hopefully it will still be there thumbup

by **tropical girl** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:58 pm

i got the driftwood although it is a different piece
couldnt find the other pieces Sad

but this was an ornament!!!
so got hubby to take it off the stand it was on
as it would have gone rusty ,
and has has replaced it on a piece of slate!! thumbup

hopefully i will get a pic up for you to see??
hubby is brill today (gold star for him) ok blue Like a Star @ heaven

by **tropical girl** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:23 pm

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minus the blue chopping board!!!
will get a pic up when its in the tank
got to wait till tomorrow now glue got to set!! Rolling Eyes

by **kizno1** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:48 pm

yh like newfishy said you need to weigh it down and after a while it will become water logged and sink. it does take quite a while somethimes i soaked a 3ft long branch for over a minth before it sunk. your best to boil it first aswell just to make sure theres nothink on it.

by **silverrabbit** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:30 pm

Wow that's a really nice piece of wood Very Happy

by **Netty** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:47 am

Nice piece of wood TG and a great idea to use the slate thumbup

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