Any ways to make driftwook sink faster?

[MdmBudak]

I just bought a piece of driftwood which is about 1ft in length. Its been soaking for 4 days and it still won't sink!

I will be placing it in my tank this Saturday, anyways to make it sink faster? I have already poured boiling water over the wood.

Thanks

[Aeon]

Might be that the driftwood is not for aquarium use, because usually they will sink when soaked for 2-3 days, even without boiling water.

Did you just pour boiling water over? You should get a bucket big enough and poil kettles full of boiling water and soak the driftwood.

[MdmBudak]

Aeon, I have already done that and the wood is for aquarium use.

Left the wood soaking in hot water.

Been soaking in my koi pond for 4 days and its still not sinking .....

[joe]

Some driftwood needs weeks. If you can't wait, just placed it in the tank and use big stones to weigh it down.

[joe]

Some driftwood needs weeks. If you can't wait, just placed it in the tank and use big stones to weigh it down.

[TanVincent]

Yeah, use big stones to weight them down, some wood have higher bouyancy.

Cheers
Vincent

[Aeon]

Yeh like they said use stones to weigh them down if you cannot wait. Bear with the look a little, lol! :P

[lorba]

[quote:c893abe1d3="MdmBudak"]I just bought a piece of driftwood which is about 1ft in length. Its been soaking for 4 days and it still won't sink!

I will be placing it in my tank this Saturday, anyways to make it sink faster? I have already poured boiling water over the wood.

Thanks [/quote:c893abe1d3]

Depending on what wood you bought. Bogwood usually takes more than a month (sometimes a few) to sink. Some driftwood up to a week.

A way is to soak the wood in a big pail, weight down with a big stone. Water can be replaced constantly/daily with hot boiling ones. This is the way some guys did it here, usually treating bogwood, and sometimes, sturborn drifttwood.

To do it a faster way, tied a big enough rock to the wood using cable ties or whatever threads u have. Place it such that it is hidden from view immediately or soon covered by plants. Alternatively, make sure the wood can be taken out easily for removal of rock in the future. The last method is simply place a rock over it.

The main purposes of soaking the wood is to release the air trapped in the wood and to remove as much tanin material that is left in the wood.

[dx]

someone said add baking soda to the soaking water. You might be able to observe extra bubbles coming out.

Reaction of baking soda and tannic acid ? don't know

[juggler]

[quote:12a64217="dx"]someone said add baking soda to the soaking water. You might be able to observe extra bubbles coming out.

Reaction of baking soda and tannic acid ? don't know[/quote:12a64217]

Interesting. I will go back and try. Baking Soda has many uses. See 60 uses of Baking Soda