It looks to be grape wood, it will sink eventually but will take a long time.
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Floating wood
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The 4ft piece of wood, placed on an angle in the pic below, has been in this 150 gal tank for almost 2 years. As you can see I wedged 2 flat stones into it (the 2 light colored ones), if I remove them from the wood, it still floats.
Certain woods like mopani or iron wood with sink almost immediately because of their density, other woods are very buoyant, and basically never sink without a heavy weight to hold them down.
Certain woods like mopani or iron wood with sink almost immediately because of their density, other woods are very buoyant, and basically never sink without a heavy weight to hold them down.
Are you talkung about the wood in my tank? I know it was a wash up from Mo river.
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I went out and bought a different bit of wood, now its floating haha. I hate adding wood at the start.
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Wood density (relative to water) determines whether it will sink or not. Some wood is naturally more dense than other woods, iirc, by factors of 10-20+ times. In addition, live wood contains liquid in many of it's cells, while dead wood contains a lot more air in it's cells. As wood sits underwater for a long time, water fills the cells and makes the wood item more dense, and more likely to sink.
Drilling holes in the wood will not work but submerging the wood under water for long periods of time will work as water pressure will slowly force air out of the wood and replace it with water. However, extremely light wood (which starts at a naturally low density) just might never sink in water unless accompanied by weights.
Drilling holes in the wood will not work but submerging the wood under water for long periods of time will work as water pressure will slowly force air out of the wood and replace it with water. However, extremely light wood (which starts at a naturally low density) just might never sink in water unless accompanied by weights.
The new bit I bought, which currently has half a clay pot weighing one end down lol
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