Physical division... - Aquarium Advice

fishluvr · 08-06-2007, 11:18 PM

I was thinking about using some slate scraps to help ease the maintenance of some new tank layouts I want to try. Nothing obtrusive, but keeping the dividers just below/even with the substrate... Sort of an easy cut off mark.

Has anyone used this as an easy way to maintain a tanks' looks while using Vals and other runners? Or any other suggestions?

travis simonson · 08-13-2007, 10:30 PM

If you've got enough of it, slate should work great. I've always used somewhat flexible plastic (like the plastic strips that attach to the back of your glass tank covers) as a dividing material and it has worked great for me, but I think slate would give you a much more natural appearance if it ever becomes exposed.

fishluvr · 08-18-2007, 12:56 AM

Thanks for the reply... I'd seen plenty of setups that used various objects (rocks/wood/cork) as above "ground-level" barriers, but I hadn't seen anything about using "underground" dividers.

If all goes well, I'll post some before and afters.

src · 08-19-2007, 06:19 PM

I've got an acrylic divider in my 120G tank, which protrudes about 1/2 - 1" above the substrates. Didn't do a thing to stop the Val's from propagating all over the place, although it has held the Wisteria back pretty well..

08-06-2007, 11:18 PM	#1
fishluvr Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 25 Images: 4	Physical division... I was thinking about using some slate scraps to help ease the maintenance of some new tank layouts I want to try. Nothing obtrusive, but keeping the dividers just below/even with the substrate... Sort of an easy cut off mark. Has anyone used this as an easy way to maintain a tanks' looks while using Vals and other runners? Or any other suggestions?

08-13-2007, 10:30 PM	#2
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	If you've got enough of it, slate should work great. I've always used somewhat flexible plastic (like the plastic strips that attach to the back of your glass tank covers) as a dividing material and it has worked great for me, but I think slate would give you a much more natural appearance if it ever becomes exposed. __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

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08-18-2007, 12:56 AM	#3
fishluvr Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 25 Images: 4	Thanks for the reply... I'd seen plenty of setups that used various objects (rocks/wood/cork) as above "ground-level" barriers, but I hadn't seen anything about using "underground" dividers. If all goes well, I'll post some before and afters.

08-19-2007, 06:19 PM	#4
src Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 476	I've got an acrylic divider in my 120G tank, which protrudes about 1/2 - 1" above the substrates. Didn't do a thing to stop the Val's from propagating all over the place, although it has held the Wisteria back pretty well..