Tank Dividers

[Rynofasho]

Like the description says, can I do two males in a split 10g tank or would they stress each other out too much?

 

[Fishkeeper4567]

Where is the description? and what type of fish are you separating?

Are you talking about betta's. Should be fine but I would check with other members.

 

[Rynofasho]

Sorry, the topic description --- I currently have two male Betta splendens each in their own 1.5 gallon tank. I'd like to get one 10G tank and just put a divider in the middle, however I know that they will become stressed sometimes even just seeing each other that closely.

That said, I'd like to be sure I can do it prior to buying the tank. Perhaps find some sort of non toxic, waterproof material to adhere to the divider so that they cannot see each other?

 

[lilfishie]

that will be fine, they eventually get bored of each other and tend to ignore there neighbour after a while

 

[ReMz]

Yes, will be fine.

Just consider that some bettas will not give up flaring at each other even when given places to hide. I had to take fine grit sand paper and sand my divider so it was opaque. A week of non-stop flaring and retreating to corners in distress/exhaustion prompted me to do this. Worked great. The guys just flared at shadows here and there.

HOWEVER, ensure that the divider is tight on all sides/corners and that there is a large enough gap from the surface of the water to the top of the divider. I lost 2 bettas in a matter of 1 hour after moving a tank and having a very small gap form between the tank wall and the divider. They had torn eachother to pieces and both died within a week after separation. Just a heads up as it was very sad and can happen too easily with bettas.

 

[xBETTA-BOYx]

Defintly be ok i have two in my divided 10 gal. tank and they are very happy and dont stress at all