Very hard work. How easy is it to work inside the tank if you need to access? Also the netting size blocks light significantly or its not significant. Looks amazing either way.
Great questions, we purposely did larger, custom feed doors for this client (7 x 4") just for this reason. For common tasks like feeding fish, spot feeding coral (with a baster), water checking, getting a magnet cleaner in and out of the tank for feeding (link below), etc the feed doors work just fine to not have to take the lids off. th-cam.com/video/rhLJYpA-xao/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3v6BoqWQ2UWUgulZ Additionally, after this client used his lids for a few weeks, he decided to get 2 of our Food Regulator Cups, which greatly helps the food sink in the water column to get dispersed in the powerhead streams throughout this massive tank. th-cam.com/video/ohgvOOCqpvA/w-d-xo.html For more involved maintenance tasks, this build worked out great for the lids coming off because... 1) It's a multi-piece lid, meaning 1 lid panel can be laid on another lid panel to have 1 entire tank opening available to access without taking the lids off the tank. 2) The center lid panel didn't have any equipment or cutouts, meaning either of the side lid panels can be placed on top of the center lid panel without interfering with any equipment. 3) If the client does want to take the lids off (for cleaning, for example), there are 2 canopy doors with a center brace, meaning each of the 3 lid panels are much smaller than the canopy door openings. Our screen is custom designed in order to have an opening size smaller than 1/4" to keep in even the smallest jumpers like gobies and firefish, while also having the smallest thread size possible to let through the most light. Top Lids Clear Screen blocks about 2% of light while our Black Screen blocks about 3-4% from our tests. All in all, this was a really fun and rewarding project.
Very hard work.
How easy is it to work inside the tank if you need to access? Also the netting size blocks light significantly or its not significant.
Looks amazing either way.
Great questions, we purposely did larger, custom feed doors for this client (7 x 4") just for this reason. For common tasks like feeding fish, spot feeding coral (with a baster), water checking, getting a magnet cleaner in and out of the tank for feeding (link below), etc the feed doors work just fine to not have to take the lids off.
th-cam.com/video/rhLJYpA-xao/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3v6BoqWQ2UWUgulZ
Additionally, after this client used his lids for a few weeks, he decided to get 2 of our Food Regulator Cups, which greatly helps the food sink in the water column to get dispersed in the powerhead streams throughout this massive tank.
th-cam.com/video/ohgvOOCqpvA/w-d-xo.html
For more involved maintenance tasks, this build worked out great for the lids coming off because...
1) It's a multi-piece lid, meaning 1 lid panel can be laid on another lid panel to have 1 entire tank opening available to access without taking the lids off the tank.
2) The center lid panel didn't have any equipment or cutouts, meaning either of the side lid panels can be placed on top of the center lid panel without interfering with any equipment.
3) If the client does want to take the lids off (for cleaning, for example), there are 2 canopy doors with a center brace, meaning each of the 3 lid panels are much smaller than the canopy door openings.
Our screen is custom designed in order to have an opening size smaller than 1/4" to keep in even the smallest jumpers like gobies and firefish, while also having the smallest thread size possible to let through the most light. Top Lids Clear Screen blocks about 2% of light while our Black Screen blocks about 3-4% from our tests.
All in all, this was a really fun and rewarding project.