- Location
- Long Island NY
You can't beat the kit from BRS I use it too. The frame could be purchased for less but I didn't see them in black at Home Depot or lowes
Clear mesh top
- Thread starter Dace
- Start date
- Location
- Rockaway Park
I have the 1/2" and my yellow Coris Wrasse was able to jump through it...
+1... Except for large fish, the 'jumpers' can usually go thru anything over 1/4"
I get home yesterday and look at my tank from a distance and notice one of my wrasse jumps out the tank and lands on the glass center brace. Flips on it, Lands back in the tank then immediately jumps up again and lands on the floor. I'm like OMG. I run over and pick him up and as i'm reaching the top of the tank, that pain in the arse jumps off my hand luckily for him i have those All Pro Football Receiving Hands and catch him before he hits the floor again. Finally i get him back in the tank. 30 minutes later he's like normal. Like it never happened. Looking at him swim around right now. I can't wait until my new tank gets here on Friday so i can build this mesh top already.
- Location
- Rockaway Park
It's a PITA, with these clear netting. If it's too tight, the framing gets crooked and if it's too loose, the netting looks horrible. Just gotta be the right amount of slack. It took me a few tries to get the netting to be tight enough that's it doesn't bend the framing.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
Dace go with 1/4"
I would recommend folks who have not done their netting yet to put the net somewhere flat under heavy books/boxed for a couple of days. Way easier to install on the frame that way, since these "ripples" due to shipping are a PITA when it comes to installing things straight.
When it comes to "bending the frame", I had this problem with my new one. Put the whole thing under a bag of 30 pounds of sand for a week and it solved the issue.
I am working on securing it to my new tank with magnets placed under each corner (the rare earth ones, tiny), the same magnets being placed in the corners of the aquarium.
When it comes to "bending the frame", I had this problem with my new one. Put the whole thing under a bag of 30 pounds of sand for a week and it solved the issue.
I am working on securing it to my new tank with magnets placed under each corner (the rare earth ones, tiny), the same magnets being placed in the corners of the aquarium.
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