Suspending Decent Sized Pieces Of Bogwood

[N0body Of The Goat]

Just spent the late morning of my first official holdiday day visiting two fish stores not so local to me, in Totton and Romsey.

Due to an ongoing issue of unhappy Yellowtails and Pearl Danios when I turn on the T5 lighting in the 240l (they "glue" to the floor in comaprison to swimming in the upper levels when the lights are off) , I took inspiration from a Romsey World Of Water tank containing young Discus, which had a a ~2-foot long piece of bogwood suspended by suckers to give a good sized shady area.

I came away with a fairly thin "triangle" shaped piece, roughly 24" long and 12" wide at the big end, weighing just over 5Kg. The staff member reckoned four Eheim suckers screwed into the flat edge should hold it, but he suggested using something underneath too (bogwood, rocks, anything else sturdy enough) just in case!

I'm thinking of using two plastic tubes on end, that are about 10" long, as the emergency support struts.

Does anyone who has done similar projects on tanks think this sounds a reasonable plan?

 

[moochy13]

one of my mates has a bar attatched across the tank, above the water, and uses cable ties to suspend various bits of wood and rock in the tank. looks great because the tops of the 'ornaments' slightly protrude into the area between the water surface and the tank lid, so when looking at the tank it looks as though the wood and rocks are forming out of the tank.

 

[Aqua Tom]

How about cable tying it to the tank brace?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Thanks fro the input so far.

I do like that cable tie idea, Aqua Tom! If I could find long enough ties (18" would give me some room for manouvre), I might even be able to use the "I-bar" central lighting beam as extra support, as long as I could still operate the flap-hinged lids on the Rio240.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Thanks fro the input so far.

I do like that cable tie idea, Aqua Tom! If I could find long enough ties (18" would give me some room for manouvre), I might even be able to use the "I-bar" central lighting beam as extra support, as long as I could still operate the flap-hinged lids on the Rio240.

String a load of smaller ties together to make a long one.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Other very good call, Aqua Tom!

After doing a water change last night, I moved the Koralia 1 powerhead to the right wall of the Rio240, pointing it to the back wall (so its flow combined with the Juwel filter out-pipe flow). By sliding the hang-on breeder net along the front wall, about 18" from the front-right corner, the floating plants are now gently circulating around the left side of the tank, dimming the light intensity and so it was great to see the Yellowtails plus Pearl Danios swimming in the upper levels quite happily.

I need to get along to a hardware store to buy a pack of ties and then I can start experimenting! Another option that sprang to mind late last night is that I could put this monster piece of bogwood in the 540l, as it has some natural cave undulations, so I could then move some of the smaller and much lighter bits into the Rio instead.

 

[alex.wardle]

How about fishing line tied around you support bar down to the wood. You wouldnt be able to see what was holding it up then.

 

[Aqua Tom]

How about fishing line tied around you support bar down to the wood. You wouldnt be able to see what was holding it up then.

nice call