Got Wood?

[b125killer]

A friend and I went collecting driftwood. We went to a dam in Wisconsin to find some nice natural driftwood. Found some nice pieces, not really what I was looking for,nothing with a wow factor. also found a nice piece of granite. some of the wood is over 4 foot long with the longest being 6 foot. I'm going to "cure" the longer pieces in a salt bath when I feel up to it. But I did cut some pieces down so I could boil them. It smelt so nice in the house. Once again I was in trouble for my fishy stuff. but I did get some nice pieces for the 40b.
 
I just got the new wood in the tank. the big chunk has a hole all the way through it. and it still doesn't sink after boiling it for 5 hours. I'm letting it sit in the tank for a few weeks to see what it's going to do. I don't want to find out it's bad wood and there's fish in there. This way I can easily tear apart and clean the tank if need be. 

[Mugwump]

Looks nice.....you can always anchor it to a piece of slate beneath the sand...

[b125killer]

If it doesn't sink on it's own I'll anchor it and hide the anchor. For now I'll let it sit. I'm more interested to see what the wood will look like in a few weeks. I'm also going to start working on the 3d background see if I can pull all this together.

[Mugwump]

If it doesn't sink on it's own I'll anchor it and hide the anchor. For now I'll let it sit. I'm more interested to see what the wood will look like in a few weeks. I'm also going to start working on the 3d background see if I can pull all this together.

How much room front to back with the back wall installed??

[PaulineMi]

If it doesn't sink on it's own I'll anchor it and hide the anchor. For now I'll let it sit. I'm more interested to see what the wood will look like in a few weeks. I'm also going to start working on the 3d background see if I can pull all this together.

I'm anxious to see your tank when you get it all together.  It's going to look so cool.

[b125killer]

There's about 3.5 inches from the back wall to the background. Just enough room to fit my hand in.

I'm a little aanxious to get it set up myself. I still need to patch some of the background, also want to get the wood to sink before I get everything together.

[Mugwump]

There's about 3.5 inches from the back wall to the background. Just enough room to fit my hand in.

I'm a little aanxious to get it set up myself. I still need to patch some of the background, also want to get the wood to sink before I get everything together.

What I really was wondering is how much room you have from the front of the wall to the front glass.......how big a piece of wood will fit and look right??

[b125killer]

From the center there's about 13 inches, from the side there's about 5 inches. There's plenty of room for more wood. I'm thinking of putting anubias in there for the plants.  I have a led light on that tank that isn't good for plants. Plus the anubias will look good on the wood.