I've got a piece of driftwood I've had submerged in a tank for over a month and when I take the rock off that I've been using to hold it down it still floats to the top. Can anyone explain why? All my other pieces began to sink after a couple hours.
Driftwood won't sink?
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Hah! Good luck. I have a giant piece of wood that needs a piece of slate and gravel to keep submerged aftr 5 years.
Took mine a few weeks but all the air pockets came out. Mine is a 4 foot piece and its huge. My smaller pieces I just submerged in buckets before I put it in the main tank.
Drilling holes works as well....Like spiff has said.
Drilling holes works as well....Like spiff has said.
From what I've seen, its rare cases that dont float eventually; in which case I'd start drilling hidden holes to try and relieve air pressure, or weigh it down with either slate or equivalent, if its a relatively small piece it will probably just take a little longer.
Try boiling it
Try boiling it
The holes aren't so much to let air out... I don't think it would work that way... but rather to just create a place to hammer in some weights via the stones. Like if you could drill a hole down its length and fill it gravel and then hammer a larger plug stone into the end.. should be good to go.
The "air" is trapped in the very fiber of the wood.. hole wouldn't help that.
The "air" is trapped in the very fiber of the wood.. hole wouldn't help that.
There are certain types of wood that ready sink after becoming water logged, and certain types that will always remain buoyant, and always need help, depends on the species of tree.
The dense, heavy tropical woods will usually sink, but most of the light weight wood types always need help.
I've some species that I dig out and jam rocks into to keep them down.
The dense, heavy tropical woods will usually sink, but most of the light weight wood types always need help.
I've some species that I dig out and jam rocks into to keep them down.