| For making a beautiful and natural looking | | | | Soaking the wood for a while is also good for |
| aquarium there is nothing that compares to having | | | | washing the natural tannins out of it. When |
| some real wood as part of the aquascape. One | | | | soaking it is good to change the water once |
| of the problems with using wood in an aquarium | | | | every day or two. |
| is, wood floats in water. With most aquariums the | | | | If you don't want to wait that long and want the |
| wood will be wanted to be submerged, not | | | | wood in the aquarium you can attach weight to it. |
| floating at the top. | | | | A piece of slate or stone can work well. These |
| Wood does float but not always. Many types will | | | | can be glued to the wood with silicone, drilled and |
| actually sink if they are fully saturated with water. | | | | attached with a stainless steel bolt, and it can be |
| It can take time to saturate the wood but it is | | | | tied with a piece of fishing line. Just make sure |
| easy to do just by keeping the wood submerged | | | | you use silicone that is non toxic or food grade |
| for a few weeks. The time can be more or less | | | | silicone. |
| depending on the size of the wood and the type | | | | You could also just set a heavy rock on the |
| of wood. Popular aquarium wood like manzanita | | | | wood but there could be a hazard if the rock and |
| can saturate and sink fairly quickly. | | | | or wood slips. The falling rock and the wood rising |
| You can soak it in a bucket or other container of | | | | to the surface could make a mess of your |
| water, just be sure the wood is fully submerged | | | | aquarium, break something, or even injure or kill a |
| in water. You may have to place something | | | | fish. Because of this the best way is to either |
| heavy on the wood to keep it all under water. | | | | saturate the wood or securely attach a weight. |