It looks awesome! I've build similar lids myself, although made entirely out of screen, rather than partially plexi.



I dunno if you'd want to add anything to that, but they made the same 1x boards except in 1/2" and 1/4" thickness, instead of the 3/4" of a 1x. The way I made mine out of solid screen was to do the same thing you did, except I used those 1/4" pieces of wood, and sandwiched the screen between them.



Also, I don't understand why you're drilling & tapping with a nylon hex bolt. I tried Googling this, but could find very little information on it.

To secure my lid, I just drilled a pilot hole at each end, and put some hooks you use for hanging things through into the plastic frame of the aquarium. They're easy to tighten and loosen by hand, and they don't need any special tools for it. I tried looking for an eye bolt, but couldn't find any that would work with wood, as they all have the tight threading made for permanent application in metal.



If one wants to get creative at all, they can leave the screen off one end, and build another frame on top to make a hinged door over that spot. There are tons of hinges & clasps that are dirt cheap to fasten the door. If you do this, you can just put screws through the frame into the plastic of the aquarium, and make it need a screwdriver or drill to get the whole lid off, because you have the hinged access anyway.



Thanks for putting this up!



Ronnie Nocera

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