Ideas To Stop Males From Seeing Each Other

[Flute]

Hi guys,

I posted a while ago about one of my male bettas loosing his fins and tail. Now that he is in a 5 gal recovering, I need to figure out a way of making the divider in my 60 ltr betta proof- I've tried putting plants in front of it to block their view of each other, but that worked pretty poorly and Tyr just continued to terrorise Seaweed.

Is there any fish friendly way of blocking off their view of each other? I'm really stumped about this.
The only other idea I can think of (and it's one that I really, really don't want to try) is to try Seaweed in my mixed 202 ltr with a sorority of girls and 2 f pearl grouami (introducing him in a breeders trap first) or our 180 ltr down stairs with various tetra and killifish. I know it's been successful for several other members on this site, but I would rather not risk it. He's very sweet and very laid back, but as he's only young this could change once he fully matures, and I don't want him terrorising the 202 or 180 ltr tank mates

If I knew that this would happen to my new male, then I would never have gotten a second one and would have just let Tyr have the whole 60 ltr tank to himself.

Thanks for any ideas

 

[stubert]

could have a go at making a moss wall or something, you need java moss and 2 sheets (cut to size) of like mesh, obviously making sure whatever its made of is safe for prolonged use in an aquarium, wouldnt need to cover it all or you might end up having water flow problems but could moss a good 3/4 of it, would look good might take a bit of time to grow enough to do what you want it to do though depending on how much moss you used

 

[Flute]

Cheers for the idea I considered that but was worried that it would restrict flow too much. I'll definitely give it a go though

Thanks again!

 

[loraxchick]

build a DIY sponge filter for the other side-then you dont have to worry about flow as much (if building a moss wall) the heater will still heat both sides of the tank thru conduction so wouldnt worry too much there-maybe a slight difference in temp but not too drastic).
good luck with the boys.
cheers

 

[Flute]

I actually have smaller filter designed for a 5.5 gal (the one I'm using with Seaweed now). When he eventually goes back into the 60 ltr, this should do the job along side the Fluval 2 plus that I'm running, right?

Hoping to buy meshing and moss tomorrow, hopefully it wont take long for it to grow

Cheers guys!