[wadesharp]

well i found a piece of drift wood at a local river... it was at least halfway it the water... ive been boiling it and soaking it it REALLY hot water for the last 2 days... i want to know how long it should take before it sinks with out any rocks holding it down... im guessing it will take a long time as i have 55 pounds of rock on it and it still wants to float :icon_frow:icon_frow:icon_frow

here are a few pictures... this first pictures is the before and the other three are what it looks like now(still need to add plants)

 

[nismo tetra]

Its hard to say. Some sink fast, some sink slow......some never manage to sink. Nice red bellies.

 

[wadesharp]

well i have to say this is weird and creepy lol i was just on your thread about your fish room HAHA... but thanks for the info... and thanks for the compliment ive had then for 6 months and had them sense they where smaller then a dime... they are about 5-6 inch long now eating on pellets, chicken, shrimp, and gold fish =]=]

 

[wadesharp]

just a little fact... its a 75 gallon tank

 

[lauraleellbp]

Took me 6-8 weeks to sink some skinny little Manzanita pieces (1-2" diameter) last year, so no telling.

You might try running it through the dishwasher on "sanitize" with no chemicals, too.

 

[wadesharp]

what would running it though the dishwasher do?? i dont think mom or dad would like me to do that haha but i was about to but some but i dont have the money right now seeing as i only have a summer job working at a landscaping place... i wanted it to be done before christmas or i want it to look some what good like try to tie the rock on to the back of the wood??

 

[Lindo]

The dishwasher really forces the water into it as well as it being overall a hotter place for the wood.

 

[wadesharp]

i used a power washer with only hot water almost boiling water haha and then i steamed it under 5 layers of towels in our laundry room sink filled with hot water for 2 days

 

[fish dork]

I use stainless screws and bolt pieces of slate to the bottom of my DW. Then it sinks right away! My wife says they call it DRIFTWOOD for a reason.

 

[jmhart]

Yeah, it really depends. I've had pieces sink in a few weeks, some take a year.

 

[wadesharp]

WOW... looks like im going to be tying rocking on to it or something like that

 

[gnomemagi]

Dishwasher is a good idea.

I've also read that soaking it in a really high salt concentration (think ocean salinity) can help cure it quicker.

 

[wadesharp]

yea but wont that just leach out into my tank once its done soaking??? and like i said my mom would KILL me if i did that with the dish washer

 

[Frogmanx82]

I can't see the dishwasher idea working. What forces the water into the wood is a good soaking in hot water in a bucket for a long time. If you want to leach out any tannins, put some baking soda in the bucket or better yet some Oxyclean which is even a higher pH and adds some peroxide bleaching.

You need some weight attached to the wood for several months at least. After a year, the driftwood should stay sunk without weight.

Dishwasher.....dumb idea.

 

[wadesharp]

thank... yea i am going to be adding weight to it this weekend