Hi again, I'm in the process of setting up my tank - taking it slow but the tank now has water in and I added the wood. Initally it looked like the image below but its gradually fallen apart and is behaving a bit weird.
The wood is a few years old, I had it in my last tank for about a year but its been dried out for about 18 months. Its been in the tank for probs 2 weeks and its started releasing tannins again, its taking ages to sink, the piece at the back is covered in biofilm and as its started to get water logged where I have used super glue to build it, its just coming apart. The front piece is the worst affected.
Once its all sunk I can take it out and reglue - the wet wood would help the glue hold again too and if it wont glue I have cable ties!
Has anyone had this problem before? What have I done wrong?
thanks Andy
The wood is a few years old, I had it in my last tank for about a year but its been dried out for about 18 months. Its been in the tank for probs 2 weeks and its started releasing tannins again, its taking ages to sink, the piece at the back is covered in biofilm and as its started to get water logged where I have used super glue to build it, its just coming apart. The front piece is the worst affected.
Once its all sunk I can take it out and reglue - the wet wood would help the glue hold again too and if it wont glue I have cable ties!
Has anyone had this problem before? What have I done wrong?
thanks Andy