Stealthily sinking driftwood.

[Volenti]

For that annoying peice of driftwood that just won't stay down by it's self, lead weights from a fishing tackle store, some nylon string and a hand held staple gun.

(bonus points if you can spot the little catfish)

 

[DeLgAdO]

nice

LEAD in a closed aquarium system.

that minus alot of point there buddy

 

[BushFishRox]

ya Lead or any metals in a home aquarium is BAD!!! good way to make you fish sick...

 

[toehead11183]

use a few butter knives from the kitchen. if its safe for us to eat off of, it should be ok for fish

 

[ken 429]

Drill a hole in a piece of slate then run stainless screw thru the slate into wood and cover the screw with silicone. Then bury under substrate and you should be ok

 

[Morledzep]

why not just glue or rather, silicone, the driftwood to a ceramic tile and then cover the ceramic tile with the gravel? much safer for the fish.

 

[TCZeli]

it is not exactly a giant piece of wood, just put it in a bucket of water for a few days, then it will be water logged. no screws, no glue, no lead, no butter knives - just the wood at the bottom of the tank.

 

[cvermeulen]

Lead won't leech or react with the water... as long as the fish aren't chewing on it, it probably won't hurt them.

The staples however will rust. I considered something similar - drill a sizeable cavity in the log and fill with rinsed lead shot, then seal with hot glue or silicone.

 

[Bud8Fan]

Lead won't leech or react with the water...

I was thinking the same thing. Otherwise it would be illegal to buy lead fishing weights.

 

[BushFishRox]

I was thinking the same thing. Otherwise it would be illegal to buy lead fishing weights.

metals dont get to build up to toxic levels in lakes and such since they are in a huge volume of water but the home aquarium doesnt even compare to a lake and aquariums just cycle the same water allowing toxins to build up which is why we need to do water changes to lower nitrates and heavy metals are more toxic then nitrates.