How do I seperate my fish in a 29 gallon tank?

I have 2 Jack Dempsey and a Flower Horn. The Flower Horn is new to the tank (about 3 weeks) and he is taking over. He doesnt let the other fish eat. Keeps them hiding all the time which is odd because one of my Dempseys was very mean before getting the Flower Horn. I am planning on taking the Flower Horn back to the pet store but until I do I need to seperate him from the others before my Dempsey dies. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?

How do I seperate my fish in a 29 gallon tank?
You can go to a pet store or even a Walmart and purchase a tank divider pretty cheap. It's just a piece of plastic or frame with netting that will separate what ever part of the tank you wish to close off, but water still circulates through.
Reply:The problem isn't the fish, it's the tank. You need at a minimum (whether you take the flowerhorn back or not) a minimum of 55+ gallons and heavily filtered. Neo tropical cichlids actually live best by themselves or in larger groups, of at least 4. The bigger fish will make the smaller ones miserable in too small a tank. That's why one of your Dempseys was the 'meanie' before you got the flowerhorn. Neither the Dempsey, nor the Flowerhorn were being 'aggressive', they were trying to establish territory in a tank where there is no room to do so and not enough fish to make a group. I would spend the money on the larger tank and move them all over and you won't have these issues, you need it for the two Jack Dempsey's anyway. If you must, take him back now. A divider can be used but you have to go out to the pet store to get it anyway so if you're going to do that might as well package the flowerhorn up and get him out of there if that's what you want to do.





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Reply:take a measurement of the inside of the tank so that you can go the Hardware and have them cut you a piece of plexiglass to fit snugly. Keep it just under the water line so that you will still get filtration. It should only cost 3 or 4 dollars.
Reply:Take back the flowerhorn and save you the trouble of buying a huge tank. As for the Jack's they might need a bigger tank as well if they are violent towards each other.



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