Options for shrinking holes of egg crate for acclimation box

[SeeFu]

I've reached out to several people that can build acrylic acclimation boxes, but after a few emails they stop responding. My only option is to make my own out of egg crate, but the holes are to big. Is there anything I can wrap the egg crate with to make the holes smaller but still allow the fish inside and outside to see each other?

 

[lapin]

Clear nettting used to make screen tops.

1/4" Clear Netting

Why does BRS recommend this? Every tank we set up at BRS we make a screen net top for. They will save you a ton of money down the line after you have a few fish jump out of your tank, and you find them on the floor. About half of reef fish will jump high enough to get out of a tank, and...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[SeeFu]

is it safe to dip in that the tank water for months?

 

[lelandmarine]

I use sheets of mesh plastic, you can get at a craft store or amazon. Connect sheets with small plastic ties.

 

[HuduVudu]

You can use nylon screening from Home Depot. I use it in my plenums to keep the sand out the dead areas. I had a plenum up for 4 years when I took it out the screening was the same as when I put it in.

 

[SeeFu]

I use sheets of mesh plastic, you can get at a craft store or amazon. Connect sheets with small plastic ties.

is this stuff stiff enough to hold its shape? I can just use that and not even bother with the egg crate

 

[lelandmarine]

I would call it stiff but flexible. You can easily make a box out of it but it would fold up if any pressure were applied to it

 

[sp1187]

how big you looking to make?
1/2" pvc framing with mesh an option.

 

[SeeFu]

17x5x17 acclimation box

 

[SeeFu]

i like the pvc pipe idea. going to go with that.

 

[ca1ore]

Made my own. Pretty close to 17x17x5. Acrylic sides and bottom, egg crate ends. Glued some screen top netting to the egg crate. Pretty easy, and cheap, to make and I like the hang down design.

 

[SeeFu]

how did you glue the egg crate to the acrylic?

 

[Rjramos]

This is the simplest acclimation bottle in this case, that you could easily make. This is the 1 Lt version. I have a 2 Lt bottle version as well. The windows were cut out of the bottle with a heated exacto knife. The screens are from hobby Lobby, they got black, white and different colors. They also got white with squares larger than these but way smaller that eggcrate 1/2”. I learned this with a clown fish breeding friend. He introduces possible broodstock pairs this way.

 

[DrMMI]

I bought the biggest critter keeper from petsmart and made a bunch of holes in it with a sodering iron. I just ziptie it to the center braces to hold it in place.

 

[SeeFu]

i ended up having something custom made. this thing turned out way nicer than i could have ever anticipated. i would have spent 1/2 of what it cost me to build this myself. rather just pay double and get it done way nicer and right.