Large Snakehead Tank Covers!

[Mentzer]

Planning my next micropeltes tank, covers, heating and filtration etc for installation in June. What thickness and type of coverglasses is best? I am thinking along the lines of 20/25mm acrylic, far stonger than glass, will not break. My only reservation is weight or lack of it, compared to glass. So I thought about a heavy wooden frame around covers for the additional weight. It's got to sustain the possibility of a 36" micropeltes deciding to have a little jump Any other ideas welcome.

 

[BIGgourami]

lucky europeaners! get to have snakeheads! hmmm!
well i'm not terribly good with conversions but 20-25 mill acrylic sound like plenty, about an inch maybe this thick _________ it sounds like plenty even if it's not glass. a canopy would be good for preventing jumping and makes the tank kinda look cooler. i would recomend it.

 

[Oddball]

Have you considered making a full canopy out of wood? It'll take alot more abuse than glass. You can finish it with latched front access doors so the fish won't have a chance of jumping out. And, you can install the lights mounted to the top so they're more secure from falls than they would be should a large SH rattle a glass top.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

why dont you just get normal glass of the same thickness? its much cheaper and much heavier. theres no way that even a 36" snakehead is gonna break it by jumping against it.

 

[stotty]

My red and Striata both smashed the glass sliders on there tanks the Striata would smash him self against the tank lid as soon as I walked up to the tank with a big worm he would go nuts. I used per specs in the end the same stuff I have on my tropical pond still fits into the runners looks like glass but you can't shatter it like you can with glass. Also if you want lights not a problem.