Attaching driftwood?

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I've gathered a lot of driftwood and I just can't seem to find the piece I'm imagining. Since I can't find it then why not make it? Does anyone know of any ways to somehow attach pieces of driftwood together? I'm wanting to make a maze like sculpture from driftwood for my fish.
 
Is there any type of aquarium safe glue perhaps?
 
Never thought of using super glue or silicone before, thanks for the suggestion :).
 
I think super glue would take quite a bit. Silicone comes in larger quantities but you’d want to make sure the wood was completely dry and dust free before trying to adhere it. It may peel off pretty easily.
Super glue dries even faster once it hits water while silicone will take quite a while to cure especially with large globs of it.
 
Silicone works well. They sell brown silicone at Home Depot.

I used a few tubes of brown on a tank I set up awhile ago, where I siliconed pieces of driftwood directly to the tank before setting it up. It worked really well.

Stainless steel deck screws could also work.

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I doubt most "glues" will hold very well for very long with your intended purpose. I'd use zip ties. Or the screw idea could work too.
 
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