Tank Top

[Wretch]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

My preference for tops is always lexan (1/16" material). Easy to cut and shape with tinsmith snips, easily drilled, can be bent and formed for rigidity (unlike acrylic), and excellent light transmission.

Where do you get your lexan? Home depot has 3/32" material but its like $100 a sheet. Little more then I want to spend on a tank cover.

[monocus]

you also want gas exchange.for me i like to have a canopy;hides everything and no light pollution.it's not too hard to make a curved canopy,but you have to think of access for feeding and cleaning/water changes

[Reef Pilot]

I get mine at Industrial Plastics in Langley. Can't remember the cost, but no, not the cheapest. I actually buy a 4 X 8 sheet, and eventually use it up, has lots of uses for me. Get the thinnest sheet, cheaper, too.

But if you compared your actual costs for all the pieces to make a mesh top to the cost of that size lexan, I bet it won't be much different, maybe even cheaper.