Replaced aquarium hood…

[Fish Folk]

There is always something special about a whiff of DIY. I am happy with an improvement just made. From this  unimpressive mess of a 20 gal lid…

To this DIY acrylic top…

 

[CJs Aquatics]

That’s gorgeous 

[Flying fox 6523]

That looks awesome, I see how thick it is, I may have to steal the idea 
for my 30 gal, it doesn't look like it would bow like a thin 1 did on me.

[Flying fox 6523]

On 4/21/2023 at 10:01 PM, Fish Folk said:

There is always something special about a whiff of DIY. I am happy with an improvement just made. From this  unimpressive mess of a 20 gal lid…

To this DIY acrylic top…

 

That should cut down on the evaporation better, but I would have made the 
back holes a little smaller, & put a small door for feeding to keep it sealed 
as much as possible that's why I did mine on the 75 like I did & it works great.

But hey like I said, it's awesome & may just do the 30 gal.
 

[nabokovfan87]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:01 PM, Fish Folk said:

There is always something special about a whiff of DIY. I am happy with an improvement just made. From this  unimpressive mess of a 20 gal lid…

It makes you *really think* about how easy it would be to have a sheet of plastic, lasercut machine on hand and just sell lids for low margins.  They do the same thing for arcade sticks (popularized when SF4 came back.  I have seen one person on etsy with a decent lid to replace all the fluval stuff.

One of my favorite things about lid-making is how well the 45 cuts work for cords and how so many companies don't do that.