[Jonnywhoop]

Thanks for the shoutout Bryan! Heres what I did... I used one of those tall laundry baskets and kept it in front of my garage with a heater, internal pump, and air stone. I soaked the wood for a good month or so, occasionally dumping the brown water out and replacing it every other day or two. There were a ton of tannins... but that was the least of my worries. I didn't want to scape the tank and have it float up when it was filled, especially since I was gonna DSM my tank anyways and have the wood possibly float up. I layered the bottom of the tank with egg crates. I then used zip ties and tied the bottom part of the branches to the egg crate, while zipping the branches on the top to achieve that stump affect. I used black zip ties and figured that the plants would cover it up anyways, no big deal. Also for an aquascaping perspective. I put rocks underneath the "roots" to make it more realistic. To give the effect that the roots are growing over something to create that bend. I don't know haha, this was the second aquascape I ever did. Shoot me a text if you have any questions. you have my number Bryan! goodluck! :icon_lol:

This is how I soaked it. I used the glass blocks to keep the wood submerged as they all floated up and out of the water.


FTS of the initial scape


side angle


The tank as it is today! (taken from an iphone)

 

[Jonnywhoop]

Idk Bryan. Your tank is pretty nice. But I can understand its time for a change. Do the egg rate and zip tie. Tape off an area that matches the 40br. Zip tie it all, that should hold the wood down. Then rinse your soil, pour on top. Fill and plant. Done. I would save some hydro, and glosso. The hydro can be great weaving in the roots which was my original plan but I ended up just using the blyxa in the midd