Red Sea's Reefer Lids

Daltrey · Jan 18, 2018

I plan on just dropping or pouring the food straight thru the netting.

mjlash22 · Jan 18, 2018

Exciting! Glad to see someone in the US finally has them!

mjlash22 · Jan 18, 2018

Daltrey said:
I plan on just dropping or pouring the food straight thru the netting.

This is the one thing I do not like about the Red Sea version for their own tanks. You would think they would have planned that part out (a feeding port/door).

Daltrey · Jan 18, 2018

mjlash22 said:
This is the one thing I do not like about the Red Sea version for their own tanks. You would think they would have planned that part out (a feeding port/door).

Well it was either $70 with no feeding door or $500 from artfully acrylic with a feeding door and a 6 to 8 week wait.

Not to mention if you go to artfully acrylic vendor forum their seem to be alot of people getting no customer service. That goes a long way with me.

mjlash22 · Jan 18, 2018

Daltrey said:
Well it was either $70 with no feeding door or $500 from artfully acrylic with a feeding door and a 6 to 8 week wait.

Not to mention if you go to artfully acrylic vendor forum their seem to be alot of people getting no customer service. That goes a long way with me.

This is true. The price difference does make it way more enticing even though it doesn't have the feeding door. And I'm sure people will figure out a way to put one in. From the looks of it, it appears you have to assemble it any way. Just add the door in when you map it out.

NU2REEFIN · Jan 18, 2018

Guys check out toplids_ on instagram. He is local to me in Utah and I received my lid from him yesterday and it is beautiful

NU2REEFIN · Jan 18, 2018

Guys check out toplids_ on instagram his name is Fabio. He is local to me and I got my lid yesterday and it is awesome!!!
I’ll post a pic.

NU2REEFIN · Jan 18, 2018

mjlash22 · Jan 18, 2018

NU2REEFIN said:

Looks awesome! How much did it run in relation to the Red Sea ones?

Reefer_Rob · Jan 18, 2018

Ordered! I wanted a AA lid but lets see how this $50 one does..

Injoynit · Jan 18, 2018

Ordered one myself but they did not have any of the additional "Zig-Zags" and since I have a deluxe wont be able to use it until those are in.

So total price for top plus additional zig-zags for 4 lights is $120. If i add one for feeder then another $10.

Pongo · Jan 18, 2018

NU2REEFIN said:
Guys check out toplids_ on instagram his name is Fabio. He is local to me and I got my lid yesterday and it is awesome!!!
I’ll post a pic.

Thank you for sharing this. I DM'd him for a quote on my Reefer 525xl.

Daltrey · Jan 18, 2018

Pongo said:
Thank you for sharing this. I DM'd him for a quote on my Reefer 525xl.

Let us know how much when you get the quote.

dkhasho · Jan 19, 2018

SaltwaterAq said:
Red Sea DIY Net Covers - IN STOCK!
One of the Coolest New Products from Red Sea just hit the street. We have a VERY limited supply, 12x of each. Inventory numbers are live & update as orders come in. ORDER NOW, we don't know when we will see more.

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/aquariums/red-sea/parts-lids-accessories/?sort=pricedesc

Perfect timing. Just snagged the last 48". Thanks for posting!

NefTunzReef · Jan 19, 2018

Got mine red sea cover ordered for my tank. Can't wait to put it together. Thanks for the heads up

SPR1968 · Jan 19, 2018

GoVols said:
@SPR1968
Shaun,
How much trouble is it to lift the net cover up, on your S 650 when feeding your fish?
Any tricks up your sleeve?

Freddie

Once you get it set it just lifts out and off. Very easy. On the 650 I cut one of the rear lengths slightly less to fit it through the lighting mounts easier. Just a few mm.

Read the instructions (well read and then ignore them! Lol) because on my S 650 there are 2 extra central supports for the mesh netting.

I tried to fasten the mesh to these and started to rip it because it was to tight. I then read your not supposed to. The 2 central supports are were I now put my fingers to lift it off.

If you want to see one in place and a review have a look at the last few pages on my build thread the link of which is below.

NefTunzReef · Jan 19, 2018

SPR1968 said:
Once you get it set it just lifts out and off. Very easy. On the 650 I cut one of the rear lengths slightly less to fit it through the lighting mounts easier. Just a few mm.

Read the instructions (well read and then ignore them! Lol) because on my S 650 there are 2 extra central supports for the mesh netting.

I tried to fasten the mesh to these and started to rip it because it was to tight. I then read your not supposed to. The 2 central supports are were I now put my fingers to lift it off.

If you want to see one in place and a review have a look at the last few pages on my build thread the link of which is below.

Is there a cut out provision on these nets for flow pump power cords?

SPR1968 · Jan 19, 2018

NefTunzReef said:
Is there a cut out provision on these nets for flow pump power cords?

Not on the one for the S 650 but there are no cords into the display in the S Series Tanks.

The one for the S 650 also fits some of the Reefer series I believe and they are listed on the order list and there were a few parts I had left over (on purpose lol!)

The covers are tank specific for the Red Sea Tanks so they take into account any turns/cut outs and include the parts for these.

Once the mesh is in place, I think you could probably cut an odd hole in it for wires to go through without it tearing to much. I was going to cut a small hole to drop frozen cubes through, but it’s very easy to just lift the cover up a little and drop them in so I haven’t tested cutting it as yet.

NU2REEFIN · Jan 19, 2018

mjlash22 said:
Looks awesome! How much did it run in relation to the Red Sea ones?

I’m not sure what the Red Sea ones run, but mine was $215 as I am local to the mfg and drove 30 minutes to pick it up no shipping. Before I just had the Home Depot homemade lid and the toplids_ lid is worth every penny.