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[s72450]

I went out and bought a twenty gallon tank today to house my male bettas in. I wanted to cut my tanks down and combine them so I went to Lowes and had them cut me plexi-glass to make dividers out of.

Question, what should I clean the plexi-glass with and what should I use to seal them into the tank? Thanks!

[Lady Hobbs]

Just clean with water but I would try to use airline suction cups to hold the dividers in place. You may later want them taken out.

[Northernguy]

If the tank is clean and dry they can be siliconed is but if you ever want to remove it there will always be a mark in the glass where the silicone was.
Get some aquarium silicone and do not do a full seam just spots.
How are you going to filter this?

[s72450]

Where can I get the suction cups at? I've never heard of these.

I am really hoping that the substrate helps hold the dividers into place. I have another week or so before I can finish up buying the things I need to complete the tank. I expect a quick cycle since I already have two cycled tanks running. I'm going to be using sand in this tank, maybe two plants per section.

I also need to figure out some way to hide the fish from one another. Would it be possible to paint the plexi-glass or should I use a background and just cut it and tape it onto the dividers?

[s72450]

I'm not really sure about filtration yet. I thought about seeing if I could drill some holes in the glass so water could flow through. This was a quick buy so I honestly havn't thought it through just yet. I have all four of my males in their own tanks so it's nothing I have to rush to do, but I would like to stream-line my "collection" a bit and just have one tank divided.

[LadyHatred]

For the dividers, why not try moss walls for them? Would look really cool, I think. And as you said, there is no rush to get it set up. Just a thought.

Cheers!

[TazManiac]

I was going to suggest cutting a bunch of holes to allow the water to flow through and use the main tank filter to filter these too but you already thought of it. I think it would work great. I also would try suction cups to hold it on. Means using a little more plexi glass (to create a front which you wouldnt need if you were to silicone it to the tank) but I think it would be easier and can be removed.

[bushwhacker]

i'm sure we've all seen the plastic mesh used in crafts and for moss walls, that stuff would be great for dividers... and the suction cupps are a simple way to hold them would take 8 per divider 2 on top 2 on bottom each side of the plastic just to block it like this
|- moss v -|
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|- moss ^ -|