Recently I was growing fish for my 300 gallon African cichlid tank and the 40 gallon I was growing them in was getting cramped but they were not ready to be with my big fish(in my opinion). So I cut a hole in some green house panels and glued a screen over it to make a divider that allowed water to pass through. After I installed it giving them 1/3 of the 300 I started growing them there. Being in such a large body of water they grew fast and when I removed the divider my fish were already used to them, there wasn't even a bit of drama.
I was thinking of a way to do this on a smaller scale and I thought about making a frame that sits near the top of the tank with a net fitted around it. Like those guppy breeder boxes people place pregnant guppies in right before they drop their fry just a fair bit larger than those. I could grow some fish in it and whenever I get a new large cichlid I can use it to acclimate them. Is there any reason this wouldn't work? I was very happy with my divider and this sounds even better, but I also have not seen anyone use such a method hence I ask.
I was thinking of a way to do this on a smaller scale and I thought about making a frame that sits near the top of the tank with a net fitted around it. Like those guppy breeder boxes people place pregnant guppies in right before they drop their fry just a fair bit larger than those. I could grow some fish in it and whenever I get a new large cichlid I can use it to acclimate them. Is there any reason this wouldn't work? I was very happy with my divider and this sounds even better, but I also have not seen anyone use such a method hence I ask.
