BRS Screen Top Lids

[Jim Heenan]

Morning all,
Anyone have ideas on handles for DIY screen top lids? I recently put together the 2 piece BRS screen lids. It does the trick, but I find it difficult to remove them (feeding, cleaning, etc). Let me know what you all have on your DIY lids. Good Day...

 

[JBKReef]

Probably not a helpful answer but for my DIY lid instead of having it lay on the inside rim I added about 3/4 of an inch and the lid sits on top of the tank vs inside of it... this way it just slides easily off without having to scoop it up.

 

[Jim Heenan]

Probably not a helpful answer but for my DIY lid instead of having it lay on the inside rim I added about 3/4 of an inch and the lid sits on top of the tank vs inside of it... this way it just slides easily off without having to scoop it up.

Yours looks good, but I like it on the inside rim.

 

[Larry L]

A bit expensive but try searching on e.g. Amazon for "aquarium lid replacement handle".

 

[Greenstreet.1]

How about making one with 3 zip ties to make a handle.

 

[Water Dog]

Get an Aqueon glass canopy handle. It uses an adhesive attachment that’ll stick to the frame of the mesh lid kit.

https://petoverstock.com/aqueon-gla...MI4oftyo_E2gIVRj2BCh1TQwEoEAQYAyABEgLERfD_BwE

 

[Jim Heenan]

Get an Aqueon glass canopy handle. It uses an adhesive attachment that’ll stick to the frame of the mesh lid kit.

https://petoverstock.com/aqueon-gla...MI4oftyo_E2gIVRj2BCh1TQwEoEAQYAyABEgLERfD_BwE

I was thinking about this solution.

 

[Matsu49]

You can always add a window pull tab to your top. They're inexpensive and can easily be found at your local hardware store.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Pull-Tab-with-Corner-Springs-3021666/202091960

 

[AdamNC]

You can always add a window pull tab to your top. They're inexpensive and can easily be found at your local hardware store.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Pull-Tab-with-Corner-Springs-3021666/202091960

I was thinking the same thing or

https://www.wayfair.com/PrimeLine-S...MIpojEzYnF2gIVBC9pCh2ASgeNEAQYESABEgItIfD_BwE

 

[cobast]

https://www.bunnings.com.au/coolaroo-25mm-clear-flyscreen-handle-4-pack_p4110506
I used these when I made mine. They can go into the frame or hot glue them on.

 

[ronl]

I attached small squares of 1/4” acrylic to the frame corner pieces with clear screw fasteners that I got from US Plastic. The acrylic sits on the glass to hold the frame inside the top rim of the tank and is also thick enough to easily lift up the frame by the corner for feeding or to take it off for maintenance.

https://www.usplastic.com/mobile/ca...mi1daz-pzf2givg0onch1qowtkeaqyasabegjrhfd_bwe

 

[joseph78009]

I use a few strips of Velcro just pinch in the middle for finger hold and stick it on.works well for me and cheap.there are good ideas listed here all would work well I think.

 

[Orm Embar]

I folded over a piece of clear packing tape to form a tap in the back middle of the screen; since the back 3" is eggcrate and not the screen top, I just have to lift an inch and slide back to get a little room (or remove completely for maintenance).

 

[West1]

On my frag, I sliced 2 slim pieces of velcro and placed them on the front corners.
Easy to remove screen during feeding... I was happy with results.

 

[Water Dog]

I built my BRS lid with these overlap corners. The extended overlap corner tabs make for a very clean flush look for rimless tanks and makes it easy to lift the screen top when necessary.

https://www.swisco.com/Overlap-Scre...-Keys-for-5_16-inch-Thick-Screen-Frame/95-221

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Morning all,
Anyone have ideas on handles for DIY screen top lids? I recently put together the 2 piece BRS screen lids. It does the trick, but I find it difficult to remove them (feeding, cleaning, etc). Let me know what you all have on your DIY lids. Good Day...

I use these. O ring picks

 

[Jim Heenan]

I use these. O ring picks

Interesting...lol

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

no handles, clean look

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

The pick is only to help lift top.

 

[Emerson]

It may not look the slickest, but I made a couple small "tabs" with 1/2" wide steps of black Gorilla tape (duct tape). I folded it over on itself leaving enough of the sticky side exposed to attach the bottom of the frame.