Who's made their own screen covers?

[gajeep94yj]

I've seen some kits online that I could order and make. They look pretty simple to do.

But has anyone made a screen with home depot parts? Obviously the metal screens wouldn't work, but do they have other material that would work?

 

[Reefplumber13]

I got the netting out of the garden center and made one for you 20 long I'll get a pic tomorrow

 

[gajeep94yj]

Plastic netting and the standard screen frame? If not what did you use for the frame?

 

[bkostuch]

I made my screens, went with framing from HD and black bird netting, sprayed the frames black and viola it matched. I have a build thread with a picture of them. Roughly 20$ total

 

[gajeep94yj]

Any chance you have a link to that thread?

 

[morganatlanta]

Used the clear 1/4" mesh from BRS and HD/Lowes frames. On one set I painted the frames black so that they match the rim.

 

[bkostuch]

 

[willie1983]

MorganAtlanta;1033199 wrote: Used the clear 1/4" mesh from BRS and HD/Lowes frames. On one set I painted the frames black so that they match the rim.

+1 but i didn't paint my frames

 

[morganatlanta]

They do look better painted

 

[gajeep94yj]

At home depot, gotta buy 196 square foot is the min!

I should plant some berry bushes just so i can use the rest of this...

 

[bkostuch]

Yup that's the only problem, the excess but I look at it like this, I can use it on my next large tank

 

[gajeep94yj]

The bird net was large holes. I also found a fiberglass screen when I picked up the frame.

Has anyone used that? I'm thinking this would be better since the fire fish (the one always making a break for it) is very tiny

 

[enderg60]

Metal frames work fine for me. Just make sure to get the painted ones.

Ive been using the 1/4" plastic netting from BSR, but it needs to be replaced every year when under halides because it gets VERY brittle. So Im looking for a replacement.

Ive also had fish such as a ruby scooter and fire fish that can fit through the 1/4" holes though...so be careful there.

Hopefully once I get my canopy done I can get rid of them though.