Lid for tanks with Lips?

[Chewy954]

Hi,

I purchased a tank recently that has an inward lip.
I want to be 100% certain nothing can jump so I want to make a cover however, I haven't been able to find any method for DIY lids for tanks with inward lips.

Checkout my attached image to see the lip.

The only thing I can think of at this point would be to glue something to the glass to allow for me to fit a mesh lid in there or make a sliding glass lid. I don't care which.

Any ideas?

Thanks everyone.

 

[SmokeyGnar]

You could always just lay a mesh cover over top. Or if you want it to look nice you could cut thin strips of acrylic and glue them around the opening to make a frame and place the mesh cover inside of that

 

[805reef]

I 3d printed some custom window frame corners:

 

[Meccaman96]

That lip is a euro brace. Nice tank. Whats the purpose of the lid? To keep fish from jumping, or to hide the lights and top of the tank

 

[805reef]

That lip is a euro brace. Nice tank. Whats the purpose of the lid? To keep fish from jumping, or to hide the lights and top of the tank

to keep the fish from jumping.


EDIT: Oops, thought you had replied to me sorry.

 

[pelphrey]

I cut 2 small pieces of ABS plastic and glued to the top of the frame to flush mount it. The rear sits on top of the overflow box, the 2 rear corners are notched for my gyre wires.

I used this kit and netting from amazon -

DIY Screen Top Frame - http://amzn.to/2rZOOcb

Screen Top Netting - http://amzn.to/2sXLprY

Add a $5 dollar spline roller and you are done! I did have to cut the frame to fit my tank, hacksaw cuts it without any problems.

 

[Meccaman96]

to keep the fish from jumping.


EDIT: Oops, thought you had replied to me sorry.

Cool 3d prints. I want to learn to print sooo bad

 

[stevieduk]

2 or 3 peice

Hi,

I purchased a tank recently that has an inward lip.
I want to be 100% certain nothing can jump so I want to make a cover however, I haven't been able to find any method for DIY lids for tanks with inward lips.

Checkout my attached image to see the lip.

The only thing I can think of at this point would be to glue something to the glass to allow for me to fit a mesh lid in there or make a sliding glass lid. I don't care which.

Any ideas?

Thanks everyone.

2 or 3 pieces of glass allways works

 

[Chewy954]

Thanks for all the info everyone.
The purpose is to keep the fish from jumping.
You all gave me some good ideas. I appreciate it.