dividers

[kevinn2003]

hey, ive seen plastic or glass dividers in pictures on this forum and i was wondering if there was a site that i could buy them from, or if there is a way to make on easily, thanks for any help

i forgot to mention its for a 55 gallon

 

[copyeditor]

You can buy plastic egg crate from Home Depot to use as a divider. Inexpensive and easy enough to cut to size. Maybe a coupla suction cups tied to it to keep it in place or you can use some large rocks to brace it. It's pretty sturdy stuff.

 

[kveeti]

The egg crate is good. It can be found in the fluorescent light paneling section. The downside is the size of the holes, 1/2 inch, but in your large tank, I assume you have larger fish and that would be ok. Are you looking for something more solid or with smaller holes? Another idea is to use a certain plastic molding, the flat end presses against the glass and you can slide panels in the slots. The panels, too, are the acrylic fluorescent light panels – can be clear or opaque, with holes drilled in them I guess… or you could use plastic needlepoint canvas (craft stores, Wal-Mart), but the needlepoint canvas is more floppy.

Left is the egg crate. On the right is the type of molding I mentioned above.

I just invented a bizarre divider using all four for my betta tank because my old betta died and I wanted to have 2 bettas in there instead. The egg crate/canvas divides the back in a narrow slit for circulation of filter and heat and the molding/solid panel divides the tank in half widthwise.