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My fear with glass covers was my wonderful carpet surfing wrasse who has a death wish, my fear was he was going to kill himself hitting the glass top. As he would come up hard. So I switched to nylon.I keep my tank covered with a combo of a canopy and nylon screen. I cover my system because I like to keep a tank full of known jumpers (wrasse and dartfish).
Even then I recently had a salon wrasse that somehow wriggled through and ended up on the floor
I personally would use glass tops to cover the system if possible, but it quickly gets dirty and blocks the lighting for corals.
I am with you. To me for how cheap the mesh is, it is a no brainer. I lost two two the floor, with a lid, the one got out of a little tiny area.i didnt have my tank covered til about 3 months ago my angelfish decided she wanted to jump out of the tank chasing flake food from the surface luckily i was sitting right there then a week later she did it again so i made some mesh tops lol
I have a hinged glass cover and I do not have elevated temps or low PH. I have a spray bar return breaking the surface and my wave pumps are slightly angled up to creates more surface turbulence.do you experience lower ph and higher temps with this setup?
Definitely a reason for a “soft net” over your tankMy fear with glass covers was my wonderful carpet surfing wrasse who has a death wish, my fear was he was going to kill himself hitting the glass top. As he would come up hard. So I switched to nylon.
Might want to be careful if your frags ever do decide to jump....1. Is your tank covered? If not please tell us your reasoning.
Frag tank is not covered and so far I have not had one jump. All tanks with fish are covered 24/7.
2. How do you have your tank covered and are you happy with the solution you're using?
DiY screens with 1/4" black netting that I bought in bulk years ago.
3. What do you dislike about having to keep your tank covered?
Nothing.
I really don’t mind the look of that