ajk Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 hey all, i have a log(driftwood) that has been submerged in my tank for over a year and its still floating when i take the rocks of it! any ideas ho to water log it? regards, andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OziOscar Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 That log ain't right. Usually waterlogging happens more quickly than one year. I think it may have an air-pocket inside that maybe sealed with sap from the tree. Maybe an old insect burrow or other anomaly. Looks like you may need to weight it down permanently. Cheers - OziOscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajk Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Hey mate, do you think i should try and drill and few holes into it to let out nay air from pcokets etc.? andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searlesy Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Some logs are very resistant to water logging, I have a log that I got form stockton beach, it has been in my tank for going on three years now, and it still wont sink. I can guarantee that there are no air pockets inside it, as you can see all the way up the middle, and at the moment, it is just slightly more than neutrally bouyant, so it wont sit on the bottom without help. On another piece of wood that I wanted to sink straight away, I just hacked out a bit of a hole underneath it, and siliconed a bit of rock to it... instant sinkage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kribbie Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hi Andrew, Have you tried to boil the log for a couple of hours when you first got it from fish shop? If it is possible, maybe you can try to boil it again to allow the air inside the log exits~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Take it out, dry it out and attach it to a sheet of 4mm glass, then bung it back in and bury the glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OziOscar Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Cheat's method: Bore big holes in the underside of it, melt some tyre weights or fishing sinkers on the stove (slowly!! check some other reference for metling techniques and safety notes - the gas produced on smelting IS not healthful) and pour the resulting molten lead / antimony into the holes. It would hold Jacques Costeau on the bottom. Cheers - OziOscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo01g Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 hi there , thats weird , i just grabed my self a few small bits of drift wood and soaked them in a bucket they sunk to the bottom in a day . try drill some holes in it it my help. shaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Have you tried chucking more paper over it and re-flushing mate? giszmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Have you tried chucking more paper over it and re-flushing mate? merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Gizmo ... .... *SLAP* Andy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 It depends with what kind of driftwood, What I read some time ago was once a driftwood has become waterlogged, it will never be waterlogged again. Dont quote me on it though, Im sure I got my answer from google a while back searching to treat tannings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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