Looking for an old DIY screen top for frameless tank thread

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Last year (or even 2013) there was someone who made a custom screen top for their frameless tank our of acrylic rods (I believe it was). On each of the 4 corners he attached a little square that held the top on the tank. The screen top itself sat just below the top of the tank so all you saw were the 4 little squares. If anyone knows of this build please let me know, Im looking to do the same thing. It may have been attached to a whole tank build.
 
There is this one.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150206

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I did one like this. I took a piece to a friends machine shop and he used his water jet to route an inset into the lid.
 
If you cut the BRS DIY screen kit to the perfect size it will inset right into a rimless tank. I just glued on squares of acrylic to keep it from falling in:

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I've seen people make a acrylic extension for the tank that kind of raises the height of the tank 4 or 5 inches above the glass so fishies are not able to jump out. Seen one on the brs video about bta ' s.
 

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