Tank Dividers Once Tank Is Filled...

[eschaton]

I had a tank emergency the other week when I ended up with more female endlers than I planned for (I wanted 2 males and 3 females for my 5.5, and got 6 females). To top it off, babies came within a week. So I set up a bare-bottom 20 gallon in my closet, with some java moss and a few filters, for the likely looking gravid females and all the fry I could capture. A fairly lonely tank at the moment.

But my original plans for the tank were not an endler breeding colony. I wanted to have an "overflow" tank to put fish like zebra danios, glowlight tetras, and my lone, one-eyed tiger barb, who I'd like to move out of my main display tank.

Obviously I cannot do both now, so I'm going to divide the tank in two. I've already bought two filters. I'd really like not to have to take the time to drain the entire tank now, silicone a real divider, wait for it to dry and then have to start all over again.

Is there any solution can do now that the tank is full? I know I've read that salties superglue their corals in place. Could I just superglue a nylon sheet to the walls of the tank, effectively creating a net? Or is there some other option (styrofoam?)

 

[TerraDreamer]

If this is to be a permanent division, the only real way I can see to do it is to drain the tank and install a properly sized piece of acrylic or glass with silicone sealing. Oterwise, use an adjustable mesh (not pretty) net?

 

[Kazuya73]

Is there any solution can do now that the tank is full? I know I've read that salties superglue their corals in place. Could I just superglue a nylon sheet to the walls of the tank, effectively creating a net? Or is there some other option (styrofoam?)

Dr.Foster and Smith sells underwater glue that has no toxic residues and dries completely underwater!You could use that

 

[eschaton]

Hrrm...

How about this as an idea for a semi-permenent? I cut up an old t-shirt into a flat bit of cloth. Make sure the shirt is longer than the tank is wide, and tall enough to come out of the tank. tape the bits which come out of the water to the outside of the tank.

While nothing will be fixing it inside the tank, the heavy weight of the fabric should be enough. Maybe weigh down the bottom with some stones to stop current drift. But the fish should all be too small and weak to wiggle their way through the un-fastened sides, provided there's enough material and the fabric is all bumched-up, right?