Improve your aquarium mesh lid! (Red Sea DIY Aquarium Net Cover Kit, Neat Feeding Portal)
I have a love/hate relationship with reef tank mesh lid / screen top. at this point, I have tried the three most popular DIY jump guards out there (Red Sea Customizable DIY Aquarium Net Cover Kit, BulkReefSupply DIY Aquarium Screen Top Kits, D-D Jumpguard Pro DIY Aquarium Cover); while I like the Red Sea one the most, I replaced it’s standard netting with this much finer black mesh as recommended by a few folks ($8 on Amazon – https://amzn.to/37Ff66T). I have not done a PAR test but I do not believe it would impact the measurement much, and black mesh blends into the tank much better versus the standard transparent netting. I also installed the Neat Aquatics feeding port that I bought from BRS, pleasantly surprised by the thoughtfulness and construction of the unit. Would recommend it to anyone with a mesh top without hesitation.
Timestamp:
0:00 Overview of how mesh lid killed my fish in the past
1:35 Use this mesh instead for your mesh top
3:44 Unboxing Red Sea DIY Aquarium Net Cover
6:25 #ScrubOfDIY strikes…
7:48 Installing the mesh, fun… (not)
13:07 Two things I would change in this DIY mesh lid build
14:30 Euphyllia trouble
16:28 Dino? Diatom? Cyano? Gawd 2020.
17:18 Neat Aquatics Feeding Port review
17:50 Red Sea aquarium screen top review
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