i have a decoration of driftwood that am trying to put into my aquerium but it keeps floting back up ??

Question

what can i due to prevent the wood from floting back up ?

Answer 1

First, glue a weight to the bottom and then soak it in water until it becomes water-logged. Keep in mind too, that real wood eventually, slowly rots and fouls your water and can be harmful to your fish. It would be cheaper and safer in the long-run to get a resin log.

Answer 2

Very common problem. The final answer would be to use a stanless steel screw and attach it to a rock, like a piece of slate. You could also attach it to rock with some silicon sealant. No more floating for sure. Sometimes you can attach it to a rock for a few weeks with a rubberband and it will become water logged enough to stay down, but usually not.

Answer 3

Driftwood will float if it isn't weighted down. Attach a small piece of rock with special aquarium glue or tie apiece of rock with some thread or nylon string.

Answer 4

You have to soak driftwood until it is water logged. Put it in a bucket or something else large enough to hold it completely. Place safe water in the container and place the driftwood in the water. It will take 3 or 4 days to completely waterlog, but once it does-it will stay in place.

Answer 5

well driftwood does float in general, if you put some gravel over some of it maybe that will help? maybe even glue something heavy to the bottom and hide that part under gravel. try like gluing rocks or something to it. good luck :)

Answer 6

take something heavy yet nontoxic (a cool size rock) and tie it to the bottom of the stick. Use clear fishing line to tie the wood to the heavy object. you can use your fish tank rocks to cover
the heavy object so it looks as though the wood is sitting
flush with the fish tank rocks

Answer 7

Ive done this before, If you have to, drill a hole in one side large enough for a few marbles to fit in, this will add the needed weight without using a toxic sustance in the water.

Answer 8

most wood is mounted on a piece of slate for weight. You can buy a rock to your liking, or a piece of slate and hot glue it, or use aquariam sealent and create your own anchor.

Answer 9

The easiest way is to soak it in water until it becomes water logged and sinks. This could take a few weeks though.

Answer 10

You might find some way to weigh it down, anchor it, or attatch it somehow. You might want to add weight somehow incase you want to remove it later. Talk to someone at the hardware store.