Temperature control and glass top

[NancyT3]

Hi there,
My 140 gal tank has a glass top. My temps were running 80-82 so I had three AI fans installed in the canopy. two blowing in and one drawing out. They work great if I leave the glass top open. But with the top closed, the tank runs warm again. So I think I need to trade out the glass top for a mesh top. Where can I buy one of those? How do you all deal with it?
Appreciate your advice


Planet Aquarium 140 - 48½ x 24½ x 29, Standard Glass,

 

[Hunna]

I have a discount code if you go with a Kraken Reef lid for 10% off. If you decide to go that route lmk. The most cost effective is a DIY kit though

 

[NancyT3]

Oh thank you! I appreciate the code. But also -- what DIY kit do you recommend?

 

[Hunna]

I’ve personally never used one, although I should have by now since I have 2 tanks without lids. There are the Red Sea kits, I’ve heard of people going to Home Depot/Lowes and getting window screen and plastic strips and doing it that way, I even saw someone used plastic egg crate with the inside cut out and ~2” of a border with mesh covering the hole in the middle.

 

[msporleder]

screen tops are easy to make - BRS has kits and they're the only place I know to find clear netting - but you can also buy all the stuff at the hardware store for about half the price of the DIY kit.

I have an alternative top suggestion for you, though - greenhouse polycarbonate roof - this stuff is a perfect middle ground between glass and mesh.

 

[Steve Burton]

I got clear netting on Amazon, and hardware from Home Depot. Couldn't get inside corners but a friend 3D printed me some.

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[msporleder]

corners, frame, spline, roller

 

[msporleder]

lid clips

 

[Hunna]

corners, frame, spline, roller

Thank you for listing all of that out. I might actually make lids for my other tanks now lol

 

[msporleder]

Thank you for listing all of that out. I might actually make lids for my other tanks now lol

Just make sure you sync up the frame size + corner size and the spline size to the one size spec

 

[project1004]

If you have tall enough canopy, you can go without the glass top perhaps. That’s what I did when I have larger tanks.