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Over the weekend I had a trajegy that I was expecting sooner or later. I have fixed every other possible way for a fish to jump out of the tank and stay out, but this one has stymied me... The Center Brace on my 180 gallon Oceanic. Even though fish cannot do a true carpet dive any more, one jumped out of the tank on Saturday and landed on the center brace. By the time I got home from helping Wildfire unload his new monster tank, I had a mostly dry Dispar Anthias on the center brace.
I have been pondering solutions all weekend, and I think I have come up with a good and easy solution, but it requires two pieces of scrap acrylic with the following dimensions:
5.75" tall
23" bottom length
19.5" top length
It would also need two pieces of scrap acrylic 23" long and about 2" - 3" wide.
The thin strips would be attached at right angles to the tall piece such that when placed on the center brace, they would stand to block any fishies that attempted the leap of doom.
My light fixture is exactly 5.75" above the center brace and therefore hood would brace these walls from above, and the thin strips would provide stability at the bottom.
I know that there are a couple of people that work with acrylic in MARSH, and I was hoping that one of you would have some pieces of scrap that could be made into the dimensions that I am looking for. I really don't want to go out and buy a sheet myself if I don't have to.
Thanks,
Jim 8)
I have been pondering solutions all weekend, and I think I have come up with a good and easy solution, but it requires two pieces of scrap acrylic with the following dimensions:
5.75" tall
23" bottom length
19.5" top length
It would also need two pieces of scrap acrylic 23" long and about 2" - 3" wide.
The thin strips would be attached at right angles to the tall piece such that when placed on the center brace, they would stand to block any fishies that attempted the leap of doom.
My light fixture is exactly 5.75" above the center brace and therefore hood would brace these walls from above, and the thin strips would provide stability at the bottom.
I know that there are a couple of people that work with acrylic in MARSH, and I was hoping that one of you would have some pieces of scrap that could be made into the dimensions that I am looking for. I really don't want to go out and buy a sheet myself if I don't have to.
Thanks,
Jim 8)