I should have made these lids years ago. If you have an aquarium without a lid, this is a great option on how to make your own custom lid for your fish tank.
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lowes currently has 4 X 8 sheets of polycarbonate panels for $100+ if you include sales tax. i refuse to pay $100 for a sheet of plastic, maybe worth $28. has inflation and price gouging ruined life and i should just roll over and accept it? nope.
i am well off, but if i was a billionaire, i wouldn't buy it, on principle.
I want a lid to hang the lights!
That’s a reason you forgot to mention
Ingat
Gotta love inflation, that same panel right now is $70 lol
Where did you get your one round tank ? I want one in glass bc my plastic got foggy
have you tried just using plastic wrap?
What about lightning
Good video 👍🏻
Awesome vid, I have a paludarium style tank, but I also have khuli loach lol so i needed something that was easy to modify 😂
Much appreciated!
How good are the lid with corals?
Did these eventually warp?
Jeez you use the house to heat the fish tanks….. my only indoor heat source IS the fish tank lol.
How much time do you spend doing water changes?
Its 3 years ago but I don't think it was necessary for you to change this space. The room looked fine. It was the last thing I cared about when watching your video. Its 3 years ago though so I doubt that feedback matters now. To be fair though on the website……the revised room does look great so there is that!
Thanks for sharing this info on lids as I was not happy with my glass lid for my 20 long and the way the connector for the 2 pieces of glass essentially blocks out some light. Also when removing it for anything significant while its not necessarily heavy, lighter is better and in this case, dropping it is bad. I need lids mainly for evaporation control. I will be buying some of this soon and experimenting.
Thank you for the video!
Can I use that material to divider the aquarium ? Thank you
Gonna use this idea to make a lid for my 45 gallon thanks.
Anyone put a PAR meter under this type of lid to see what the loses are compared with glass or regular sheet polycarbonate?
WOW!!! Answer to prayer!!! No lie!! I was LOOKING for Aquarium lid DIY suggestions!!! I think this IS IT!! We have a 75 gallon turtle tank. We built an above the tank basking station on one side from egg grate and plexiglass panels from a DIY Tutorial that the "Long Live Your Turtle" guy did. We covered the other side with a piece of egg crate fitted into the rim. It worked great until the cats decided to start laying on top of the egg crate and cracked it. I was going to consider something sturdier like metal hardware cloth but I hated the thought of possibly scratching up the metal rim or glass and wasn't sure it that would work. That's when I did a tank lid DIY search and found this. I'm hopeful to give this solution a try!!! Thanks for your video!!!👍😊
Oh my gosh!! Thank you for this awesome tip!! I've been struggling with having a weird shaped corner tank that came lidless. I've had it for 9 years now. Same fish too!!But I had made a window screen frame and the chemicals in the tank started deteriorating the screen and my whole tank turned completely cloudy. (Possibly vinyl coated fiberglaas? Idk.) So thank you. I will lower my energy bill too. I have had 3 fish jump ship. Was able to save 2. A feeder gold fish that used to be 1" long and is now 9"+. Moby. And 2 different loaches. The first 4", jumped and I didn't hear it and he died. But the second loach 9"+ jumped and I grabbed him up, rinsed off the cat hair and dust bunnies in the sink and he was a slippery sucker, had to collect him with a cup. He's just fine. Thank you for the cool tip.
I know you said you can put your lights on it but the heat from the light will not burn or cause damage to the lid itself?
Literally never thought of that im an idiot
That same thing cost almost $90 today sept 2022 lol
Bro… you rock. I'm a hobbyist. I took a 20-year hiatus from tankin but am back. 4 planted tanks and growing. Great video. I'm building a custom hood and needed this solution. I subscribed and will check your other vids. We all appreciate budget conscience hacks. This is one of the best solutions for lids.
love this idea! off to make mine today.will be way lighter than the glass one i have that doesn't fit properly
What do you think works best to cut the panels into the proper size
awesome, Im headed to home depot!
Wish I could just buy a decent 75 gallon lid
Outstanding! I have a 75 gallon tank and this DIY project not only saved me money on a lid, but also left me with enough extra for more tanks to come. I hinged one side and use the same thing for handles. Thank you.
I was searching for another idea because the cost of acrylic tops for my large aquarium would be insane. I’m so happy to see your video. Thank you for sharing your idea! I never would have thought to try it…the greenhouse panels look great and are much more affordable. Thank you!
I have Hager lights will this plastic lid let the light flow through to my plants
really useful
Do you cut the filter part around the lid??
yousers!!! So a single panel of that today at Home Depot in Canada is $179. A single Lexan sheet, only 36" x 72" is $322 dollars!!!!!!!! 😵
I wish we had made diy lids sooner.
Hello ~~~~ from Korea.
It's called paneling?
Pretty good bub
The silver walls are fine by me. I am more interested in the advice. Thanks.
Thanks for the awesome lid idea! The price has gone up almost double since then but it is still waaaay more cost effective than glass lids. I plan on cutting a small hole in my lids for the co-op auto feeder to drop food through.
Does the fish tank temperatures match the temperature that you keep the room? Or does the science work out that you have to keep the room a few degrees warmer to reach the temperature goals of your tanks? Is it more economical to heat this way vs. aquarium heaters?
Use flexi glass thick dorable and light can go through it better are use glass it makes more sense in the long run