Bogwood

[mattlee]

just bin and bought a large piece of bogwood from lfs. was told to soak it for a few days to get some tannings and loose bits out but when i put it in water it floated...... how the hell am i to get it to stay at the bottom of my tank? do i need to weigh it down?

 

[Bebobb]

Mine sunk when I put it in a year ago. Lol that is funny, how can bogwood float. I would just weigh it down, or take it back and ask them what the hell the problem was.

 

[matchstickman47]

so did mine.... the wood will saturate with water and eventualy sink

however some fish stores take back wood if it floats

i soaked mine for about 2 weeks by the end it was at the bottom of the bucket

 

[fatheadminnow]

You can boil it, which would speed up the soaking process.

-FHM

 

[Richard22b]

Mine was dried and floated. I soaked for a month and weighed it down and now 8 weeks later it happily stays down it self.

 

[mattlee]

You can boil it, which would speed up the soaking process.

-FHM

far too big to boil, dont have a pan even close.........

 

[jmkgreen]

far too big to boil, dont have a pan even close.........

That's the problem with these larger pieces, you need a barbeque under them to boil lol.

 

[craig855s]

You could soak 1 part of it to get some tannins out and saturate one side...Or you could boil it in the bath using a million kettles full of water? or you could add it to your tank now and make do with brown water for a month or two..may neeed to weigh it down for that long too

 

[ZoddyZod]

You can boil it, which would speed up the soaking process.

-FHM

far too big to boil, dont have a pan even close.........

What about the sink? Have a few pans/kettles ready then cover?

 

[Shred]

With mine I put it in a large plastic container, and poured a boiling kettle full of water over it about 10 times until it was completely submerged, and left it overnight. I repeated this about 3 times, and now, no tannins!

 

[divegirl]

Ah....un-trainable bogwood syndrome!!!! Been there, done that I left mine in the bath for a few days [was lucky enough to have a shower room then! If not, weigh it down with a large rock of piece of slate in your tank....it will give in....eventually!!!!!!!!

Lisa x

 

[LellowFish]

I've got two smaller pieces of bogwood which both sank to start with. I put them in a basin and pour round about 4 kettles worth of boiling water on them. It's leaching the tannins pretty well!

You could try putting your piece in a bucket, if you have one big enough. Then pour boiling water from a kettle over it until it's deep enough to cover the bogwood when it's weighed down.

 

[mattlee]

I've got two smaller pieces of bogwood which both sank to start with. I put them in a basin and pour round about 4 kettles worth of boiling water on them. It's leaching the tannins pretty well!

You could try putting your piece in a bucket, if you have one big enough. Then pour boiling water from a kettle over it until it's deep enough to cover the bogwood when it's weighed down.

at the minute its inside a large drinks cooler thingy...... i filled with cold water but will try emptying tomorrow and refilling with boiling water....

i hope it sinks as its a wicked piece of wood

if it doesnt sink in time, has anyone any ideas on how to weigh it down please?

 

[peter22UK]

it will sink eventually!

 

[Keithoms]

Beavers build ######'s! Every time i see you post i think it is Ms Wiggle as your avatar reminds me of hers, anyone else think that?