My wood will not stay down!!!

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Ninjouzata said:
I hope you can get them to sink, sorry I can't offer any help. I wanted to let you know that others have the same problem though. I've had the same piece for a year now that I soaked in a bucket with daily hot water changes and had it held down by a chair for 2-3 months and then added to my tank. It did not sink so it has been tied to slate this whole time and every few months it needs to be re-tied as I suppose the force of it trying to float up loosens the string. Still no sign of sinking :P
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Yeah I think that is the problem I will have with this stuff.. I will get sick of it soon and just spend the money to get some good wood and be done with it... I just really like the shape of these pieces and want to use them...
 
CN always drill it out with some small holes where not visable if you want to help water get into the wood faster. But seems you just found the only wood that won't sink. My manzanita was tied to a rock for 2 weeks until it sank on own. But nothing massive, only 2-3inch thick. If it's pine, don't put it in your tank, has sooo much sap
 
lardieleftover said:
CN always drill it out with some small holes where not visable if you want to help water get into the wood faster. But seems you just found the only wood that won't sink. My manzanita was tied to a rock for 2 weeks until it sank on own. But nothing massive, only 2

Yeah it seems that to me too... No matter what I do it just wants to float, and it's not just one there is 3 pieces like this...I found a guy on ebay (Betta factory) has some awesome Malaysian drift wood for sale and I may just order some of that from him for now and let this stuff sit until it is ready.. I just wish I could find some local because the shipping is what kills you!!
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girliefishlips said:
I still think the best way is to tie/bolt/ziptie it onto a brick/rock/slate, then just bury the weight under the substrate.
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I agree with you about that but these pieces are so big and so hard to hold down I would never be able to hide the size of the rock I would need to hold them down... I'm still trying though... Thanks again for all the help everyone!!!
 
I have a 4 ft long by about 10 inch piece in one of my tanks that wants to float. So I attached as wide a piece of slate as I could to both ends and the middle and buried them in the substrate, Then put rocks on the slate behind the driftwood or a little ways in front of it so that the rocks were not stacked on the wood but on the slate that was hidden under the sand.
 
Binge said:
I have a 4 ft long by about 10 inch piece in one of my tanks that wants to float. So I attached as wide a piece of slate as I could to both ends and the middle and buried them in the substrate, Then put rocks on the slate behind the driftwood or a little ways in front of it so that the rocks were not stacked on the wood but on the slate that was hidden under the sand.
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That is a very good idea that I did not think about.. I really didn't plan on putting any kind of rocks in the tank but I guess I could find some nice looking river rocks if I had to... I think I will let them soak for awhile more first though, I just ordered 5 large pieces of Malaysian driftwood and I should have them tomorrow, I know that will sink fast and stay where I put it..
 
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