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I'm pretty sure I have this in the right place, but mods feel free to move me.

I picked up some driftwood at a lake a couple weeks ago. After sterilizing it, I used aquarium safe silicone to glue some pieces together. Now that it's dry, I tried putting it in my tank and it floats like you can't imagine. ] I know driftwood has a tendency to float, but it was sinking before I played with it so much.
What I'm asking is what are your suggestions for keeping it on the bottom of the tank in until it sinks? Any things I can do to help the sinking process along? Thanks all

EDIT: I'm having serious typing problems today :%)

[span class="edited"][Edited by ferretfanatic 2004-09-07 16:01][/span]

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

You got it in the right spot .

Two ways to get it to sink...soak in warm water for a good long time (2-3 days should make an improvement) or place it in the tank with a few heavy rocks over it to weigh it down.

HTH a bit .

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I had that problem aswell, a few weeks under heavy rocks solved it for me. dont know if there is anything you can do to speed it up

I jsut bury one end of mine in the gravel. After a couple weeks, it stays without a problem...

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Try boiling it if you can fit it in a pan. This forces the wood to expand and exchange air with water. I have also drilled holes in slate and used galvanized steel screws to screw the slate onto the wood just like you see in stores. You could give that a shot as well.

Just leave it to soak under the ater level by putting something heavy on it. To speed up the process, change the water daily & pour in hot/boiling water.

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Thanks Guys I'm going to keep doing the fresh hot water thing until it decides to sink. Billy...I tried the burying thing but its so bouyant (sp?) that no matter what it pops back up to the surface. Oh Well...Guess I'll actually have to be patient.

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

I just use Aquarium safe silicone and "glue" a few heavy rocks to the base. No "popping" back up to say "Hello" after that. Just make sure you at least give it a good boil to leach out Tannins and impurities.

Gary