Glass top or No glass top?

crehman · #1 09-21-2011, 09:44 PM

It's mostly to try to keep down the amount of evaporation. I have had a fish go carpet surfing on me as well.....but i think that may also been helped by an unwated mantis shrimp that hitchhiked into my tank (but is gone now)

kien · #2 09-21-2011, 09:47 PM

unfortunately evaporation is a necessary evil that we all face in this hobby

well, evil for us as maintainers but actually a very good thing for the tank. Do you have an auto top off? If not, you should getting one. That'll make life a lot easier.

Myka · #3 09-21-2011, 09:47 PM

I have the same thing as Kien. Works well, and doesn't block as much light as egg crate.

jostafew · #4 09-21-2011, 11:19 PM

What type of screen is that? Looks to be about 1/4" mesh, and some sort of plastic I'd assume?

kien · #5 09-21-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jostafew

What type of screen is that? Looks to be about 1/4" mesh, and some sort of plastic I'd assume?

Yup, 1/4" clear netting.

Leon71 · #6 09-22-2011, 02:30 AM

Without hijacking the thread..............I was wondering about trapped gases and oxygen exchange. I built a large canopy with a couple of small vents in the top. Will the evaporation inside the canopy still be trapping said gases? And I really don't want to fry a $600 T5HO light either.

crehman · #7 09-22-2011, 03:17 AM

Thanks everyone for your inputs.

I think i will go with Kien's suggestion of the wire mesh. Now to build a frame for it

Thread can be all yours Leon

kien · #8 09-22-2011, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by crehman

Thanks everyone for your inputs.

I think i will go with Kien's suggestion of the wire mesh. Now to build a frame for it

Thread can be all yours Leon

mesh top frame :-)

kien · #9 09-22-2011, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Leon71

Without hijacking the thread..............I was wondering about trapped gases and oxygen exchange. I built a large canopy with a couple of small vents in the top. Will the evaporation inside the canopy still be trapping said gases? And I really don't want to fry a $600 T5HO light either.

The vents will certainly help but hard to say for certain without knowing how big those small vents are :-) Are we talking tiny small, small small, medium small or big small?

Aquattro · #10 09-22-2011, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

Are we talking tiny small, small small, medium small or big small?

It sounds like regular small to me. Leon, maybe post this with pics over in your build journal. Great looking stand, BTW(we should stop jacking this thread, eh?)