DIVIDING TUTORIAL, step-by-step with pics

[Neelie]

^^^ woohoo amazon are excellent. used to buy so much from them its unreal!

[Sarada]

THANK YOU! I went and got mesh today but could not find the report binders anywhere...I even checked Walmart and our stationary store in town. Bah.

[Sarada]

I think I found them on e-bay!!! Search 'durable binding' ;)

[Mermaid Fish]

I found some! there called spine bars. :D

[FloridaBettas239]

I divided one of my 10 gallon tanks. With the lee's aquarium divider's 8 dollars each i bought 3 and i built a plexi glass lid for the set up. The only thing was the water could pass threw but not enough i guess. Because the section's without the filter in it. The top of the water would get this coating on it. And it was nasty, So i went and bought 2 small sponge filter's and hooked then up to my control valve in my fish room. Then the 10 gallon was divided up into 4 section's. Letting each fish have 2.5 gallon's each and i put one sponge filter in one end section and the other in the other end section. Which left the 2 middle sections without any filters. But it didnt get slime on top of the water anywhere anymore. Before i just had a tetra 10 on there which is for a 10 gallon but it left slime on top of the water the sponge filter dont. I think because there's one at each end and because they bubble the water dont just dump it in the tank like a regular filter.

Anyway it didnt cost that much and i was housing 4 bettas in 2.5 gallon sections. Cycled and heated so there wasnt cleaning every day and the bettas were happy.

[Kempberk]

Awesome!

[Duskdog]

I've been having a big problem finding the proper report covers in stores, too. I checked two Wal-Marts and two Targets and found plenty of report covers but none with that plastic spine that I remember from my school days. After checking two Staples, I found that they DID have the right thing, and they came in a six pack... but only in blue when I wanted black! They did have another brand in black, but they were too rounded to work properly, I think.

Finally I ended up finding some at Kroger, of all places. They come in three-packs - one red, one black, and one blue. After striking out everywhere else, I just bought four packs of those (I'm dividing into three sections).

Still, I spent less money buying four of those plus a couple of the plastic mesh sheets to make two dividers than I would have spent on one single ugly store-bought divider.

[Kempberk]

Does anybody know how the mesh-dividing impacts the filtration? How do you guys do waterchanges with the compartments?

[TaylorW]

Ahhh! Sticky this! I was trying to find it out of curiosity the other day, and I couldn't find it :(

[Neelie]

thanks for all the comments! i totally forgot bout this thread. totally

Originally Posted by Kempberk

Does anybody know how the mesh-dividing impacts the filtration? How do you guys do waterchanges with the compartments?

ummm the water flows through ok.
water changes are easy. i take out one betta and use a large siphon to take out water. bout half. fill it back up and put your one betta back in. done.

Originally Posted by Duskdog

Still, I spent less money buying four of those plus a couple of the plastic mesh sheets to make two dividers than I would have spent on one single ugly store-bought divider.

very true! and they are fun to make too!
those ready dividers are pretty plump looking. too wide and often done sit right. and tilt....

EDIT BTW, i did replace the garden hose for the drip system with proper aquarium hosing!