seperating guppies

[acocacolagirl]

I added a new fancy guppy to my tank about 1 week ago. Now his tail is really getting chewed up and I have noticed my old guppy nipping at him and in general being a bully and herding him around. It was suggested that maybe my tetras were doing the nipping, but I just saw the old guppy take a bite of the new ones tail. Can I seperate them some how until I figure out what to do next? I don't have another tank with a water filter/heater. Any ideas?

[kveeti]

You can buy plastic mesh canvas (craft section in Wal-Mart used for needlepoint). Cut it to fit front to back & height of your tank and divide a section of your tank by pushing the bottom into the gravel. Perhaps support it on either side with a ornament or small rock. The tiny holes in the canvas allow water flow-through for your heater and filter. This is the same effect as a commercially-bought aquarium divider but much cheaper. If you want it in place more permanently, you can buy report covers (the kind with the plastic V-shaped binder you slip the cover into) and slip the ends of the canvas into those so they rest flat against the glass.

[acocacolagirl]

thanks! Thats just what I was looking for - quick, easy, cheap.

[CCchaos04]

you could also buy a cheap 4 dollar breeding net at petsmart or somewhere like that. It would keep it seperated from the rest of the fish until you figure out what to do.

[tamccain]

I dont really have any new advice on separating because you already got that advice, but you could go and buy a couple more guppies to hopefully cause his aggression to be divided up and not harrass one fish to the point of sickness.