New male tank 3ft divided fonally complete

by **pippoodle** on Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:20 pm

here's my new male tank - not set up yet
Its a 3ft tank that has been divided by glass down the middle - it was a shop tank
It is going to be filtered by 2 fluval 1+ or U1 filters with tubing attatched to make it into a spray bar into all 4 sections on the glass divided sides
Either that or by a fluval 205 - with a y splitter to that it worls perfectly on both individual sections - not decided yet

i'm dividing it into 8 sections - each section will be approx 4.5"x11.75"x14"

Will post pics when its all up and running

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by Guest on Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:30 pm

hmmmm i recognise that tank Suspect

Did me well when i needed them, still got some more and gunna use them for more plant lines in the future. Nice of Mel to sell it to you, since trev got the measurements wrong LOL.

Will look great divided up and the center division makes it perfect and saves you buyign another divider LOL. Ive got dividers coming tomorrow if you need any! thats if they have them in stock.

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by **Lexi69** on Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:30 pm

Wow thats fab!! room for more boys pip!! I want to get more tanks!! tantrum

cant wait to see it all set up!! sunny

by **mellychops** on Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:35 pm

Yes Daz stupid Trev Poke

I can't wait to see it setup. Its going to look great!!!!!

by **aly_starh** on Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:49 pm

Hi PIP, have you set it up yet, waiting for pics! ( and ideas for my tank) Smile

Betta_246
:D

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:52 pm

Oh yeh, i recognise it too:)

by **liamg1285** on Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:54 pm

that would make a awesome tank for fry lol

by **pippoodle** on Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:54 pm

it's for males not fry

by **pippoodle** on Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:56 pm

Finally completed it

Cut the glass dividing section and added a piece of pennplaxx divider so water flows right through
filtered by Fluval 205 external filter

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by **jasminek** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:02 pm

That looks absolutely amazing! Nice work! And it's so nice to see you pip, hope your better! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **liz2** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:59 pm

that really looks lovely. I am keeping a low profile at the moment over fish! Got a new microwave and it didnt fit on the bracket! So it had to go on a work surface in the kitchen! I had to squash the fish up even more. I got tanks everywhere! Then blow me if the platies decided to increase again!!

by **Assaye** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:21 pm

Looks lovely! Great job! I don't have much patience so all my divided tanks look manky.

by **crystal** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:07 am

Looks like you've put a lot of effort into the tank, however personally i wouldn't have had so many sections, my 3ft has five sections and i think they're only just big enough for the fish to have a decent sized swimming space, but each to their own.

by **Haych** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:04 am

crystal wrote:Looks like you've put a lot of effort into the tank, however personally i wouldn't have had so many sections, my 3ft has five sections and i think they're only just big enough for the fish to have a decent sized swimming space, but each to their own.

i was wondering how many gallons they had each.

i have a 3ft divided into five, 4 males with 5 gallons and a section for the girls with more (cant remember how many exactly)

by **crystal** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:47 am

With mine they have just under 5 gallons each as my tank is taller rather than deeper (from front to back). The point i was making is that a fighter would be happier with a wider swimming space as oppose to a deeper one, the deeper it is the further they have to swim to the surface to get air, also if the space is quite narrow they can't have a proper swim to stretch their fins and get some excersise. Thats the best way i can word what i mean, sorry if it doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's just my own opinion x

by **Jake** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:11 am

If I calculated right they all have right around 3 gallons?

by **Haych** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:23 pm

if it is its a good size i suppose

by **crystal** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:39 pm

Oh im not saying they dont have enough water capacity, just that personally i like my boys to have a wider swimming area as opposed to a taller one

by **Wilsonnw8** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:09 pm

Its true that bettas do prefer to have width to their tank to swim rather than a tall narrow tank, I always like to see nice widely spaced dividers but Im also happy not to see bettas living in tiny tiny tanks or cups

by **Haych** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:46 pm

i agree

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