Sinking Bog Wood

[Thompson]

Just bought a huge bit of bog wood for my tank, got it home and put it in thinking it would sink to the bottom however it floats! Is this being think (with it being the firdt time i have used it) or should it sink? Any ideas how I can get it to sink?

 

[SamUK]

u need to leave it to soak untill it fills with water.

then it will sink.

 

[Qays]

Its drift wood then, bogwood doesnt float.

 

[SamUK]

Its drift wood then, bogwood doesnt float.

errr, yea it does.


if its totally dried up then its gonna float.

 

[Thompson]

cool, so best to just leave it floating, i bought it from the LFS and they had it mark all as bog wood

 

[D4N]

Its drift wood then, bogwood doesnt float.

of corse it is goin to float if there is no water in cos it is new

 

[Qays]

No, there is a difference between bogwood and driftwood.

Driftwood floats.

bogwood, sinks straight away.

 

[Thompson]

so do i tie it down, boil it, sink it, take it back and tell them its not bog wood but drift wood?

 

[Qays]

You could weigh it down, or you could leave it in a bucket and it will eventually sink.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yup soak it in a bucket, you'll probably wanna get the tannines out of it anyway (unless you want brown water in the tank.... won't harm the fish but isn't asthetically pleasing in all tanks, maybe in an appropriate biotope but thats a bit off the point!) so I'd advise soaking it in a bucket of water, changing the water every day until it's clear and it's sinking

 

[Thompson]

yup soak it in a bucket, you'll probably wanna get the tannines out of it anyway (unless you want brown water in the tank.... won't harm the fish but isn't asthetically pleasing in all tanks, maybe in an appropriate biotope but thats a bit off the point!) so I'd advise soaking it in a bucket of water, changing the water every day until it's clear and it's sinking

Its already turned the water yellow...will this change over time or will it always be like this/...why do LFS not tell you this

 

[Miss Wiggle]

depending on the bit of wood and what's in your filter it should clear. If you don't want it like that, take it out, soak it as I said above and put some caron in your filter which should clear it up. Hopefully in a week or two the tannine will all come out of the wood and it'l clear... saying that though I have a bit of bogwood that I've been soaking for 3 months now and it's still chucking it out, gonna sling it I think

 

[SamUK]

Its already turned the water yellow...will this change over time or will it always be like this/...why do LFS not tell you this

the thing is, all the wood is different.

miss wiggles has her piece that soaked for 3 months and is still releasing tannins but i got 2 pieces for xmas that sank straight away and havent leached a drop (sorry miss wiggles lol).


its probably hard for them to tell what the woods like.


dont be disheartened tho!

if you really dont want to wait, try finding some mopani driftwood. seems alot better than normal bog/driftwood.

it looks like this.......

compared to the normal all dark brown wood i think you have.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

the thing is, all the wood is different.

miss wiggles has her piece that soaked for 3 months and is still releasing tannins but i got 2 pieces for xmas that sank straight away and havent leached a drop (sorry miss wiggles lol).

got the short straw didn't I!! Think I'm gonna try and sell mine, if someone's doing a biotope and wants tannine stained water it'd be perfect and it's a lovely shape, seems such a shame to just throw it away

 

[SamUK]

im kinda suprised there isnt some sort of untannin-iser or something.

we have chemicals for jus about everthing else.