Ideas for keeping driftwood submerged?

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Myarbro

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I am looking to submerge a fairly large piece of driftwood. It is too big for me to find something to boil it with. I did soak it in the tub with as hot of water as would come out of the facet (which is pretty darn hot!), and got a lot of the tannin out.

I will try and get you a pic here in a couple of hours when I get home from work.

It is a fairly long and not so wide piece, and I want it in the corner of my tank standing up. Problem with getting it submerged like the way I want is that I can only fasten down the heavier end. Mind you, I do not want to go the string/fishing line route tied to a rock. I want something more secure. Any ideas? Has anyone dealt with this before?

I was thinking something along the lines of a brick or two, drill holes into the base of the wood, and through the brick, and bolt it. What do you guys think?
 
In the past, I bought a small piece of wood attached to a piece of slate, so your brick method should work. I've been in many LFS's and seen many pieces of wood bolted to slate.
 
Here is the thing. I found it floating in a local lake. It is not like it is a new piece, just fallen from a tree. It is clearly visible that it had been in the water floating around for a LONG time. I honestly don't believe it will sink. (I have heard about some woods that just won't sink unless you are willing to wait years).

I am setting up a new tank and want to position it and fasten it to where I want to keep it. So I don't really want anything gawky. With the something bolted to its' bottom, I could just cover that up with the sand and it would look alright.
 
Btw, this post was originally a double post. How do I delete posts? Can't seem to locate it.
 
soak it in the tub and pour boiling water on it. I actually kept my driftwood in a portable tub on my patio for two weeks. I poured boiling water on it three times a day and changed the water daily. I never had any problems with it floating after that haha.
 
Is it tall enough to wedge a piece of foam along the top of the tank to hold it down? I did that in a 30" deep tank to hold down a tall piece of DW.

BTW - it took 3 months before I was able to remove it; even with a large section of slate attached to the bottom of the DW.

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I took a heater holder and zip tied the driftwood to it, then used the suckers to hold it to the bottom of the tank.
 
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