Bogwood Question

[IndySE]

Morning,
 
I bought a 2ft piece of bogwood from ebay and have had it soaking in a plastic bin for just over a day.
 
Its in normal tapwater at the moment, should I put in some water conditioner or will it be ok to take out and put in the tank tomorrow (when I'm planning to do my rescape)?
 
Cheers,
Indy

 

[Sophie]

I've never bothered with water conditioner while soaking but others do. I just rinse it off in boiling water and bung it in!

 

[mitch70]

I just pour boiling water over then leave to soak for about a week - still get some tannins leaching in but weekly water changes help with that

 

[IndySE]

Thanks for the replies guys, I think I may pour boiling water over it tomorrow before I put it in the tank, just to be safe.
 
Cheers,
Indy

 

[IndySE]

So I rescaped the tank today, most of the gravel was replaced and real plants and slate were added, along with the bogwood.
 
Which just floats.
 
Is there anything I can do to tether it down, I've had it soaking in a bin since Wednesday.
 
Cheers,
Indy

 

[fm1978]

It can take aaaages (weeks) for a piece of bogwood to become soaked enough that it stays sunk.

If you have rocks/stones maybe you could lean a few on the wood to keep it down?

 

[IndySE]

I've removed it now and have put it back in the big plastic bin, will try again in a week or so I think.
 
Thanks for the reply

 

[Blobfish]

I would have thought that if the wood has been soaking for a day or so any of the chlorine would have gone from the water and therefore the wood.

 

[fluttermoth]

I've removed it now and have put it back in the big plastic bin, will try again in a week or so I think.
 
Thanks for the reply

Try soaking in very hot water; changing it every day; that'll help it sink a bit faster

 

[KirkyArcher]

I would have thought that if the wood has been soaking for a day or so any of the chlorine would have gone from the water and therefore the wood.

 
I use water conditioner when soaking wood during the later stages of the process, mainly as my tanks have had shrimp within them, and I've seen and bought several pieces of wood with blue green tinge on them, so just incase this was copper salt related that's been the only reason why I  started using it.

 

[spongy]

I brought a piece of wood that I soaked for 2 months and it never did sink so it went in the chimnea in the end. It can be a very long process, but worth it for a great piece of wood....

 

[coolie]

I don't normally wait for them to sink, I just either tie a rock to it, or bury part of it in the gravel to hold it down.