I need a lid for my 40 gallon breeder I'll be putting a Aquaclear 110 HOB on the tank. Please help thanks
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40 gallon breeder tank lid?
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do you need a solid (glass or plastic) lid or would a screen or mesh type work? Somebody over on the Marine Newbie board a few days ago was describing building a mesh top --for a bowfront no less--with mesh and a DIY kit intended for making screen house windows. He used bird netting, they kind they throw over fruit trees to keep birds from getting at the fruit, but you could use window mesh if you needed smaller hole sizes.
For glass there are companies that sell them, Versa-Top and Aqueon for instance, with the lifting handle and hinge in the middle and the plastic strip on the back you can cut out for filters and such, but they can get a bit pricey for the larger size tank covers.
good luck.
For glass there are companies that sell them, Versa-Top and Aqueon for instance, with the lifting handle and hinge in the middle and the plastic strip on the back you can cut out for filters and such, but they can get a bit pricey for the larger size tank covers.
good luck.
Just check your lfs for a versa-top, they can probably order one if they don't have it in stock. You will need to know which manufacturer made the tank though, the rim dimensions vary a little among them. (An All-Glass top won't fit a Marinelane tank...)
Just go to Lowe's or home depot and get the glass custom cut :thumbsup: For my 40Gal Breeder tank it costed me like $7. The only difference is the glass isnt as thick. Worked fine for me. If you go the LFS route their hard to find for that particular tank well here they are. The only place I found it was on drsfostersmith.com but it would of been like $33 shipped.
Petco, which sells the largest number of 40b in the country, can order glass tops. They are listed in their online site.
Big box glass is not the safest material to use for glass tops. It is sold, with disclaimer stickers on the stock shelves, for above ground floor window repair. In my opinion <--- MY Opinion, it's too thin to span the width of the tank without added support of some sort. Any glass shop or hardware store that fixes ground floor windows can sell you thicker, safer, glass - cut to fit.
Big box glass is not the safest material to use for glass tops. It is sold, with disclaimer stickers on the stock shelves, for above ground floor window repair. In my opinion <--- MY Opinion, it's too thin to span the width of the tank without added support of some sort. Any glass shop or hardware store that fixes ground floor windows can sell you thicker, safer, glass - cut to fit.
Versa tops in that size are made with 3/16" glass. 3/16" glass is 3/16" glass and it doesn't matter where you get it from as long as it fits.
The advantage to the Versa top is that the edges are all sanded so it won't cut you, it has a hinge down the middle so you can open the front to feed the fish or clean the tank, and it has a plastic backstrip that you can trim around the filter to keep evaporation down and fish from jumping out. All of that makes it worth it to spend the extra money if you are using a HOB filter.
Andy
The advantage to the Versa top is that the edges are all sanded so it won't cut you, it has a hinge down the middle so you can open the front to feed the fish or clean the tank, and it has a plastic backstrip that you can trim around the filter to keep evaporation down and fish from jumping out. All of that makes it worth it to spend the extra money if you are using a HOB filter.
Andy