PlaneFishGuy Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Got my stand built and into the second week of "fishless" cycle. Looking forward to adding plants and my driftwood (that's been in a bucket for 4 days and still wont sink) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Great work on the stand. I like it a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneFishGuy Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Thanks @OceanTruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 One thing That helped me a lot when tryna get my drift wood to sink was to make it sink. Push it down every day further and further until it hits the substrate. One day it will semi-float (fully in the water but not touching the substrate) and then the next I push it down and it completyly sank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Very cool!!! Rimless tanks look so snazzy! Good luck with the driftwood! I've glued rocks to the bottom of some of my pieces...and piled rocks on the top of others...it's tricky to get those suckers to sink sometimes!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toobit67 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Did you boil the wood at all? it helped mine sink... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Toobit67 said: Did you boil the wood at all? it helped mine sink... Boiling helps me as well. Usually sinks right away after that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneFishGuy Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 im going to give the boiling a try and see how that goes. Thanks for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneFishGuy Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Im learning patience lol....Im getting this tanks set up and Ive obsessed over pH and chemistry, engineered a stand that could hold a truck, I've researched light, plants, fish, substrate....and now I cant sink a log. I guess if it was easy It wouldn't be fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn T Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Beautiful stand! I love that distressed look on wood. Truly gorgeous. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneFishGuy Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Thank you @Dawn T Its a 2x4 frame like you see on a lot of the DIY fish stand videos cased in big-box store shiplap. The great part about the distressed look is it hides my carpentry mistakes. I should probably give a shout- out to my Dad who is a professional carpenter approaching retirement age; I'm pretty sure he thought I wasn't paying attention when I worked with him 25 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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