How long to sink bogwood

Failing that I will strap it to some slate as you mention. Alasse Fish Herder. Put in it hot salty water, the heat will make the wood open the fibre and help it to sink quicker. If it has very dense inner fibre though it can take a while. ShinySideUp Fish Addict. Twelve hours is not enough. I bought a large piece of bogwood and it took three weeks to sink; it's like a stone now though.

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Tie a rock to the wood and soak it in a trash can. The amount of time depends on how dry and what type of wood it is. If it was originally bogwood, then it shouldn't take very long. After the wood is done soaking, let it sit one more day in the trash can without the rock tied to it just to make sure it doesn't float.

I did boil mine and then brush it clean as recommended by LFS. Jentry AC Members. Jun 20, 55 0 0 Waterford, Ireland. More porous wood soak up water faster and sink quickly, whereas less porous hardwoods take a little longer. Some kinds of wood are not really suitable for aquaria use because they are too buoyant, which is why Mopani and Malaysian driftwoods are common.

Manzanita also works well because it readily becomes waterlogged; in a week or two. For this reason, I recommend you start by soaking and boiling your driftwood, and if it does not sink, then weigh it down.

Boiling a piece of wood until it is waterlogged and sink on its own is most definitely a solution, albeit the need to have a huge pot to cover the whole.

Boiling, like soaking driftwood helps to leach tannins out of the wood as well, which can otherwise discolor your water and can be harmful to some fishes. Plese note, that some tropical aquarium fish, particularly those from the Amazon ecosystem like tetras and angelfish , may prefer the weak-tea color of tannins in the tank.

The boiling process also sterilize and wipe out algal and fungal spores that may be hiding in the crevices of the driftwood, more so found wood. I recommend boiling a piece of driftwood you plan on putting inside a fish tank for 30 minutes to 2 hours, but if the piece of wood is too long to boil in a single go, your can turn it after a set period to cover both ends, meaning you will need double the time.

Once the whole piece has boiled, transfer it to a sink full of water to cool it then verify if it can sink. If the process does not work, you may want to consider weighing the driftwood down since it will be the more economical solution at that point. But realistically, how long does it take till a piece of driftwood is waterlogged enough to sink on its own?

Well, in my honest opinion, it varies widely among different types of woods. Some woods may even never sink altogether unless you weigh them down.

That said, the average time it takes for most driftwoods to sink is anywhere between 2 days for boiled, highly porous woods to 2 weeks. It might take up to 4 weeks or even 2-months for less porous woods to sink. Wood sinks when it becomes waterlogged, and the water replaces all the air trapped inside the wood.

If you plan on soaking your driftwood inside the fish tank, add some weight on the wood to keep the entire piece submerged. Howbeit, do not soak the wood inside your fish tank if the piece of wood is leaching. Instead, use a large container to soak the wood, which will help keep the tannins out of your aquarium.

Another way to get aquarium driftwood to sink is to weigh the wood in your tank. Enough extra weight can get the wood to sink, sometimes even sufficiently that you can remove the weight if you want to.