Upside down wood

[gaisller]

Hey everyone,

Might be a silly question but I really don't know how it works...

Can anybody explain how to fix the pieces of wood upside down?

Like this for example:



Thanks.

 

[Rocksor]

You want it to sink, Right? Give it time, some manzanita pieces took as long as 3 months to get thoroughly water logged

 

[Deadeye]

Mine took about a week to sink, but it was a lot smaller. Once waterlogged it would be a lot easier to position how you want it.

 

[Jexnell]

Are you talking about them floating still, if so give them time, they will before you know it sink and can be placed how you want.

Some use fishing line and tie them to the braces.
Some silicone the ends to pieces of slate that is hidden under the sand.
I just kinda wedge mine in there. So can move them around as I want.

 

[gaisller]

I think I used the wrong example... ?

The woods wont get till the substrate actually. They'll be "floating" in the tank but they are fixed somehow in the surface.



Can you get it? Sorry if I said something wrong... It's complicated express myself clearly in another language

 

[Jexnell]

So if I was to make the floating look, like the piece on the far right.
First get a wooden dowel or some such thing to span across the outside top of the tank going left to right not front to back. Then you can tie your piece of wood to the dowel using fishing line.

 

[DThompson]

You can silicone the wood to the back glass to hold it up in place. In my tank, I have excess bulkheads that I'm not using so I put a piece of PVC into the bottom of the drift wood and stuck it into the bulk head to give it a "floating" appearance. That would require a lot of work though if you don't have holes in your tank already.

 

[Zanzag]

can use plastic cable ties and drill small holes in the tank trim

 

[Deadeye]

Piggybacking off of something I’ve seen at animal kingdom, you can attach it to a small decoration that reaches higher up in the tank to create the illusion that it is floating.
What I mean:

 

[Backfromthedead]

I prefer hanging wood from the canopy to resting it on the bottom. Gives the effect of a riverbank with protruding tree roots or hanging branches, also frees up valuable floor space in the tank. I usually just use long screws and lag bolts to fix the driftwood to the canopy.