driftwood problem
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thanks for all the advice guys. here is my piece. i just liked the way it looked so i had to get it
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any way for my part i usually soak the woods on a tub for 2~3 weeks and place a heavy object on top of it or a rock heavy enought to hold the driftwood down and redecorate the surrounding so that no one can notice it is been force down.
Mine took about a month to settle down.
I almost thought it wasn't going to, and was resigned to having it float, when one evening I came home, and it had finally chosen to settle down to the bottom.
I've had it in my aquarium for almost 6 months now, and it's still fairly buoyant. (It's touching bottom, but the middle bend refuses to settle on the gravel.) The overall effect isn't too bad, so I don't really mind, but once my fish gets a bit larger and I have to upgrade to a bigger tank, I think I'll look for heavier wood, maybe that malasian stuff people seem to recommend both here and in other fish sites.
I almost thought it wasn't going to, and was resigned to having it float, when one evening I came home, and it had finally chosen to settle down to the bottom.
I've had it in my aquarium for almost 6 months now, and it's still fairly buoyant. (It's touching bottom, but the middle bend refuses to settle on the gravel.) The overall effect isn't too bad, so I don't really mind, but once my fish gets a bit larger and I have to upgrade to a bigger tank, I think I'll look for heavier wood, maybe that malasian stuff people seem to recommend both here and in other fish sites.
I use malaysian as well as aged oak. Both woods work well. Any dense woods, work well. Malaysian is some of my favorite as it will develop holes and arches naturally.
I think my drift wood is from malaysa but I'm not sure. Whereever it's from it sinks instantly which is nice because it dosn't float around in the tank for even a little while.
I use malaysian as well and i have 3 chunks in my 240 and 2 of them are over 3ft long all sank the day i got them.
did ur driftwood..finally stay down..some take more time then others but for the most part it all depends on the soaking of the water into the wood..
