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Is there any specific type of glass that we want, or want to avoid when choosing a custom glass lid for my aquariums? I absolutely love my 40 breeder Aqueon glass lid it seals great and looks great. My 10 gallon tank I cant say the same. On all my tanks both the Aqueon and Top fin lids are a good half inch short of the width of the aquarium. It is a minor annoyance sure but still feels dumb. I am intending to get a new piece of glass that gets rid of the trim piece and make it the "correct " width. I'll chamfer the corner to allow my heater and air lines to get in. At work it is a different story, I really want to switch it up. I want to move my HOB to the end of the tank and grow some pothos out of it. If I'm successful I would like it to stretch it around my cube. To do this I would need my lid to open hamburger style, not hot dog. So for this I assume I'll need to get some new custom glass. I'm assuming I just need uncoated non tempered glass, but is there any other things to avoid? I also have a free 10 gallon tank that I'm contemplating destroying and cutting lids myself, but am not sure if it is worth the hassle. I have yet to water test it to even see if it is good. Thanks, Brad -
The title kind of summarizes it but long story short: my cat broke the lid for my TopFin 5.5g (fat feline thinks the fish tank is his pedestal, but that’s another issue). Since this is a betta tank, I quickly found the dimensions of the tank and found an Aqueon lid at my local Petco that was for a 5.5g. I knew there was a probability that the lid wouldn’t fit because it’s not the same brand (and of course, Petsmart doesn’t offer replacements for any of their TopFin products) but I felt kind of pushed for time because I didn’t have much that I could use to cover the tank to keep my betta from making a suicidal jump to the fishy underworld. Unsurprisingly, it’s not an exact fit, but it’s pretty close (pictures attached). It measures a little less than 3/16” off. My question is: has anyone done some DIY mastery thing to increase the width of a rim of a tank whereby I could shimmy this in? Or am I out of luck and should try something else? Or should I simply leave it sitting on top and secure it there (not preferable as I live in the atrium to Hell a.k.a Arizona and top off is a major chore if I don’t have a sealed glass lid)? Many thanks in advance🙂
