bozco Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I need a tank divider for a standard 20 gal tank. Something transparent that allows water circulation etc. Is there a specific brand name that anyone can recommend. I'm creditcardless by the way, so something I dont' have to order online would be nice. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 depending on how small the holes need to be, I have used a piece of the egg crate as a divider. Of course that was for a larger tank. It is sturdy, but the holes may be too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim101 Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 They do sell tank dividers at petstore for about 20-25 dollars for that size tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I got a divider for my 20g for around 10$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloeclose Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I made dividers for my betta tanks with clear plastic canvas that I got from Michael's Craft store, I think a sheet of it was 25 cents. I siliconed report cover spines to the sides and then just slid the canvas in. Works great and is super cheap! :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Great idea chloe :thumbs: Never thought of using the report cover spines. Thats pretty much exactly what my store bought one is. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I tend to make dividers out of egg-crate and PVC, similiar to this one. You can have multiple egg-crate inserts for your different tanks and one "set" of pvc sides with suction cups. It's likely far too large for a 20 gallon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozco Posted January 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Thanks everyone. Being my lazy self I ended up buying penplax one. But My tank is an odd depth for some reason, so I may have to take it back. I really like the report spine idea so if I have to I may go with that. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloeclose Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Yeah, it's a very cheap and easy way to make dividers. The most expensive part is the silicon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I made dividers for my betta tanks with clear plastic canvas that I got from Michael's Craft store, I think a sheet of it was 25 cents. I siliconed report cover spines to the sides and then just slid the canvas in. Works great and is super cheap! :thumbs: Same. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloeclose Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Copy! :tongue: LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 :boxed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I cut the lighting egg crate to size and then use a small piece of sponge to wedge it in. It is non-permanent and will give a little when doing tank maintence. A 2 foot by 4 foot section of the egg crate can be bought at Rona for $8. This is enough to do multiple tanks. The sponge is just an untreated car sponge that I use as a prefilter on my AC500s. :ml: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozco Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 well...it fit. Doesn't look so great but I will modify it. So the two fish that were fighting are seperated and I figured I'd put in my bettas too, one on either side. Left the room for five minutes, when I came back one betta had jumped into the other side and they were tearing into each other. They seem to be alright now. But any ideas about preventing jumpers? The divider extends about 3mm above the waterline, and when this guy jumped the tank wasn't even fully, he had to leap a good 10cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Are you sure he didn't wriggle through? I would think a betta should easily be able to squeeze through, what is it, square centimetre holes in eggcrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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