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OctoAquatics for me as well, will use him again when the new tank comes in. Part of the agreement with the wife is no tanks without lids. She doesn't want nothing to sneak out, travel 2 flights of stairs, open our bed room door, unarm me, get past the dog, and kill her in her sleep.
I have canopies or glass lids on all my tanks. I'll never understand the aversion to glass lids. Exactly like you describe, they have to be cleaned every now and then. But so does the rest of the tankI use a glass cover over my 40 gallon breeder, just not worth the risk IMO.
On the con side every other week I have to rinse the glass off to clean the salt creep up.
Thats exactly what I did after a chalk bass came down with the patato chip diseaseI use eggcrate to cover the top. Easy to cut areas for cords to drop in.
same thing happened to me. I had a wrasse and guess who jumped out? nope, not the wrasse. my peaceful, slow moving filefish. lolI don’t have a lid. My 60 cube is completely open. I’ve never had a Wrasse jump. I did have a pajama cardinal jump, which is the very last fish I would ever have thought would jump. I’m sure it’s inevitable that something will jump. I’m crossing my fingers.
I bought the Red Sea cover - not really expensive - but - it didn't come with the required pieces to make properly for my XXL tank - so I thought - how hard can it be - I'll just adjust it - well big mistake... I have a cover that doesnt fit. Does anyone have any ideas for a better cover for a Red Sea reefer XXL?Be honest here! Are you protecting your fish from the floor?
How do you protect them from the floor? Well a tank cover of course! But there are pros and cons to covering your tank and the cons may keep people from actually using a cover.
Pro: Keeps those fish likely to jump in the tank and safe!
Con: Is annoying to constantly have to remove to work in the tank.
What are some pros and cons that you know of?
image via @MadCityReefer
Talk about a pejoritive question...
No, I don't cover my tank. It's a look thing... and no, I won't be putting a cover on it.
And Yes, I consider myself a very contientious caregiver for my marine friends.
The two are NOT oxymorons.
I make an effort to select fishes that are not known jumpers.
I attempt to keep agression between fishes to an absolute minimum.
I keep stocking levels low... uncrowded conditions.
I feed heavily, and often, under the theory that fat and happy fishes are less likely to jump.
I strive to keep outside influences... sudden lighting changes, loud noises, banging on tank, etc. as rare as possible.
I have lost ONE fish to jumping in two and a half years. Including that loss, I've lost a grand total of TWO fishes, period, since I started this tank. One was the jumper... a caramel clown, the 2nd was one of a pair of Spotbreast Angels that just never really acclimated. Lasted about 2 weeks after purchase, but displayed stress signs over pretty much the entire time I had her. The 2nd Spotbreast, purchased at the same time, is healthy and growing.
How many other reefkeepers here with a 2.5 year old tank can honestly say that they've only lost two fish?