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Originally Posted by JmeJReefer (Post 892978)

Two pieces of eggcrate offset one on top of the other for now until u find a suitable replacement? I've had scooter blennies jump, gobies, and even a wierd littel clownfish who really liked doing it cuz i managed to catch him twice befroe his demise on the third.
This hobby has endless trials, which makes it rad cuz its a "kinder-suprise" all the time!!!
Cant control everything. the best we can do is communicate these trials together and formulate a reasonable solution that everybody benefits from.

I've fabbed a custom fit chunk of acrylic with some smaller holes placed here and there for "breathing" purposes.

Good Luck

Thanks for the help

I went out and got the smallest plastic chicken wire i could find which was 1/2 inch i doubled it up so the hole are now 1/8 wide. My dad will be going to UFA tomorrow ro find 1/4 inch plastic chicken wire. The new lid is built and on top of my tank i will snap a couple photos tonight. And update my build thread

wow sorry for your loss, you have a beautiful setup

Having fish jump sucks, glad you found a cover. I've also used plastic needle point mesh screen and zip tied it to egg create to make cover for nano tanks. You can find the plastic needle point sheets at walmart for cheap.

Image below to give you an idea

http://minaku.sandwich.net/fish/neptune_tanklid.jpg

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Originally Posted by harlequin01 (Post 895433)

wow sorry for your loss, you have a beautiful setup

Thank you :)

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Originally Posted by fishoholic (Post 895457)

I ended up getting a half inch plastic chicken wire and doubling it up so the holes are 1/8 inch

I used screen door material, got it from Rona and the DIY metal system to normally attach it to windows. I custom built mine to fit the dimensions of the tank. I thought I had photos here but apparently not. Fish can fit through any hole that their head will fit through and believe me, some of them are really determined to get through that hole even if they have to try several times (it seems that way anyways). I ended up giving up on gobies and blennies for that very reason.