One ,hopefully, lucky carpet surfer

[Drakon]

So wife this morning says, I can't find the goby. To which I respond oh he's probably in his hidy hole. Continue my morning ritual and go out to observe the tank. Thinking not much of if I look down as I'm standing up from the chair and down in a 5 gal bucket with an inch of water from a Friday snail acclimation is one little goby.

So temp. Dt 75. Bt 78
Salinity dt .024 by .026
put fish and a good amount of water and floated, noticed him seeming to be gasping. Returned water to acclimation tank. Added air stone and slow dripping tank water. Lets hope he makes it

[snorvich]

So is your tank now covered?

[Drakon]

Already was, but he got through the eggcrate, going to have to do a combo of eggcrate and screen. Been using eggcrate due to the hob items.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by Drakon

Already was, but he got through the eggcrate, going to have to do a combo of eggcrate and screen. Been using eggcrate due to the hob items.

Ah, eggcrate. That will not keep fish in. You need 1/4 inch mesh.

[Silvergryphon]

Originally Posted by snorvich

Ah, eggcrate. That will not keep fish in. You need 1/4 inch mesh.

+1, BRS has kits for cheap.

[Drakon]

Yep, I thought this was one of those random jumping things not a precise escape attempt lol. He would have had to go at just the right 90 degree angle to make it through. as his head is the same size as the holes in this crate. Unfortunately I'm not sure the screen kits would work well due to the hob items. I had thought about getting them before but like I said got to navigate around those. Going to see what screens available at the local box store as a temp measure and glue that to the egg crate frame for now.

[3dees]

I use egg crate without any problems. a while back I had one side off for cleaning the glass and didn't notice one of my zebra barred darts decided to check out the carpet. I found it about two feet from the tank, still flopping so I put it back in the tank. he was covered in yellow lab hair and I thought it was a goner. after a few hours he was fine.

[CAPSLOK]

For my BRS mesh top, I made a second narrow mesh top over the back 2" of tank. I did the regular top about 2" less wide than the tank. Then got an extra piece of frame and an extra 2 corner pieces, and made a 2"x36" three sided mesh top (missing one long side). So the mesh goes to the back of the tank rim but without the solid frame my cords and such still go through. The extra piece of frame is not noticeable and is far enough back that it doesn't impede the lights. This way I can take the main mesh cover off easily, not have to fight with cords each time, and the entire top of the tank is still covered.

[scott3569]

The screen kits will work, just got to have a bit of craftiness in ya!! I have my return and my overflow both over the side of a none drilled tank.. and I made the screen work...just got to trim down the right side of the tab

[NTP66]

There are a few options for you to work around your HOB stuff. If you want to go the screen frame route, the biggest drawback to creating cut outs for the equipment is maintaining structural integrity of the frame. I did this with my QT and didn't care for the wiggle in the frame. I have since read a few posts from one or two others that actually hit glued acrylic tubing into the frame notches and netting to keep it solid. That's a great idea.

The other thing I've seen a few people do is build your frame 2" short (front to back) to keep the frame a rectangular/square shape, and then use an acrylic sheet for the last 2", notching out areas for your HOB stuff using a saw.

While I haven't done either personally, I think they're both excellent options.