Kessil gooseneck with screen top?

ironwill723 · 11/18/2015, 01:43 PM

Does anyone have any solutions for using the Kessil Goosenecks on a rimmed tank (125g RR Marineland Perfecto) with screen top covers? Can't figure out how to work around the gooseneck's thumb screw clamp to get the screens to fit back in on the black trim lip.

mcozad829 · 11/18/2015, 01:59 PM

You will probably have to cut the screen top to fit

Brieninsac · 11/18/2015, 03:31 PM

I'm going to be building my screen over the weekend. I have clips that go on the edge of the tank so my screen with sit flush with the top. Since I'll be at the same level as the light clamps I'm going to have a 3/4" gap along the rear of the tank. Not ideal but not terribly bad either plus it'll leave room for my powerhead cord.

sethd12 · 11/18/2015, 03:52 PM

I actually did this last night on my 180. I will try and post a few pictures once I am home. I basically cut the frame of the top on the backside so there is a gap for the light clamp and mounted the mesh like normal. The mesh easily pushes in front of the clamp. It makes the frame of the cover so super firm but wedges into place nicely. I was overall happy with how it turned out. I didn't want any gap at all for my wrasses to find one day when I wasn't around.

thegrun · 11/18/2015, 06:58 PM

You can cut 3/8" acrylic to make a bracket that fits around obstructions. I hot glued the bird's netting to the bracket.

MatnNatsReef · 11/18/2015, 09:28 PM

Nicely done.

11/18/2015, 01:43 PM	#1
ironwill723 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 980	Kessil gooseneck with screen top? Does anyone have any solutions for using the Kessil Goosenecks on a rimmed tank (125g RR Marineland Perfecto) with screen top covers? Can't figure out how to work around the gooseneck's thumb screw clamp to get the screens to fit back in on the black trim lip.

11/18/2015, 01:59 PM	#2
mcozad829 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Natchitoches, LA Posts: 619 Blog Entries: 1	You will probably have to cut the screen top to fit __________________ "You'll have plenty of time for rolling doobies... when you're living in a van... down by the river!"

11/18/2015, 03:31 PM	#3
Brieninsac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 782	I'm going to be building my screen over the weekend. I have clips that go on the edge of the tank so my screen with sit flush with the top. Since I'll be at the same level as the light clamps I'm going to have a 3/4" gap along the rear of the tank. Not ideal but not terribly bad either plus it'll leave room for my powerhead cord. __________________ Red Sea Reefer 350 (73gal/18gal sump) / Kessil a360WE Lights

11/18/2015, 03:52 PM	#4
sethd12 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 941	I actually did this last night on my 180. I will try and post a few pictures once I am home. I basically cut the frame of the top on the backside so there is a gap for the light clamp and mounted the mesh like normal. The mesh easily pushes in front of the clamp. It makes the frame of the cover so super firm but wedges into place nicely. I was overall happy with how it turned out. I didn't want any gap at all for my wrasses to find one day when I wasn't around. __________________ -500 gallon mixed reef

11/18/2015, 06:58 PM	#5
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	You can cut 3/8" acrylic to make a bracket that fits around obstructions. I hot glued the bird's netting to the bracket.

11/18/2015, 09:28 PM	#6
MatnNatsReef Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Macomb County Michigan Posts: 38	Nicely done.