Anti-Fish Jumping Setup

[MatthewScars]

I like running a topless tank. Eggcrate looks ugly and the screen going across the top of the tank gets in the way since you have to remove it all the time and if your fixture has legs its really annoying. So I took a trip to HD and can up with the following:

This is a fiber screen normally used to make window/door screens. Comes in 36" and 48"

Basic Velcro

Cut to size and you end up with something like this:

I dont have the pictures, but I put the netting on the side aswell. I set it up so I could push the fixture back for feeding/messing around without the netting pulling.
So everything is covered except the front, but its better than nothing. I lost my 6line and firefish last week to the back of the tank.

PS: Thank Jim (SWCritters) and Aaron for the new lights:

 

[aznt1217]

i was JUST GOING TO DO THE SAME THING. Can I can't really see from the pics how it turned out.

How much was the whole set up?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Kathy makes screen covers. You should PM her.

 

[MatthewScars]

The screen was $5 for 48"x50' at HD and the Velcro was $5 for 5 feet (buy two and use it to Velcro stuff in your sump).

Yeah, i used my iphone to take the pics. Too lazy to use my normal digi and photoshop/FTP the high quality shots

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Is the screen nylon?

 

[MatthewScars]

Fiber Glass. If you look closely at it, its plastic. Looks safe to use. Its not IN the water anyway nor is it getting wet.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...+529387+90116&marketID=90116&locStoreNum=1221

 

[DevIouS]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/diy-do-yourself/22953-acrylic-mesh-tank-cover.html

 

[MatthewScars]

Thats awesome. But if your fixture uses legs this isn't really an option. But if I ever decide to hang it, this is definately the way to go.

 

[JonnyIce]

Actually bought this stuff on Saturday after fishing my baby clowns out of the back chambers of my biocube...AND i have a top! Haven't put it in yet though, trying to figure out how to get it to stay...