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markbrown
at Fri Nov 23 05:44:39 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markbrown ]
Here's a method I've been using for a number of years....got the idea from a friend. It's 100% escape-proof, cheaper than commercial lids, and just takes a few minutes to make. The 1/4' x 3/8" aluminum channel I get from the local home supply, and the 3/16" plexi is from a plastics supplier. Probably ten bucks in supplies. The only real work is standing there with a soldering gun making all the air holes. I attach the aluminum channel with aquarium (silicone) sealer and the plexi slides in the channel. I burn a hole through the plexi and the plastic aquarium frame at one end to insert a hooked piece of wire, to keep the top from sliding. It's not only escape-proof, but you don't lost all your heat out the top like commercial tops. This is a ten, but I've used it on tanks up to 30 gallons.
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