Screen Lid for Hex Tank?

[erini]

I'm going to be constructing a vivarium out of what is currently a 35 gal aquarium. We were waiting for our last ancient fish to die off, which did about 3 months ago (yes the tank is still full of water, we haven't dehomed the trumpet snails that claimed it as their breeding ground after our last fish died yet) before we did something new with it. My question is regarding the top of the tank. It is not completely open, it has several openings for the light, heater, and filter instead. I'm thinking, rather than attempting to fit a screen lid over each opening, it would be easier to just have a screen lid that encompasses the entire hexagon. Is there anyplace where I could purchase one that's already made? Or is this something I would have to construct myself? And if I do have to construct it myself, can anyone give me a quick and dirty tutorial on how to go about doing this?

Here is the tank:


What's under the oak lid


You can see the main opening and the opening for the water heater here as well.

[BG]

Welcome to the forum. This is easy. I would cut some screen and use a glue gun to glue it together. just take some steel wool and go around the edges of the openings You have 3 openings . The filter,heater,and light. This way you can have some ventilation. The nice looking wood hood will hide all that just like now. You like some tree frogs .LOL I don't think they make a screen for hex's. 30 years in fish keeping and i never ran into one. Tree frogs would love that tank.

[erini]

Yep, I'm looking at getting a couple WTFs for it! And thanks! I can see gluing in the screen for the filter and heater area, but how do I go about fitting in a screen for the main opening so that I can still get in and out of it? (It's been a long week at work, so I may be a little dense about picturing this in my head right now.)

[erini]

Okay, I'm thinking about creating a wooden frame for a lid for the main opening by using an inner rectangular frame to wrap the mesh around then attach the mesh to it, (either with glue or staples), then an outer frame to attach against the mesh and inner frame, so it's held between the two sections for more security. Then attach strong magnetic strips on all four sides of the frame, and against the main opening so that the lid is flush against the tank top. Any opinions on whether this will be effective or not?

[PredatorDrago]

if you dont care to much about the price could get to peices of plexiglass a bit bigger then your tank and custom cut them to fit, drill some matching holes through both pieces of plexiglass place a mesh screen between them and silcon them into place.

[Griffin]

just got done with my 30 gallon hex couple of week ago and just got a baby red eye yesterday.i got my tank from a guy on craigslist and it had no lid what so ever so i had to get a sheet of lexan and cut it to make a lid.