How to Make Sliding Glass Aquarium Lids
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2016
- This week I show how I build some DIY glass tops for my row of six 10g tanks that sit sideways. If you're going to tackle this one please be careful when handling glass as you can easily cut yourself.
Fishroom Build - Adding Six 10 Gallon Fry Tanks:
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how to: DIY sliding aquarium glass lids/tops (Rich's Fishes):
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Glass at Home Depot:
www.homedepot.com/p/10-in-x-12...
Outside corner molding:
www.homedepot.com/p/Stabilit-8...
Handles:
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I just put together over 16 of these lids - thanks for showing me how!
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@@rohans3447 Me too
And I'm here from her video!!
These look good enough for anywhere I'd want to put them I don't have a fish room. The nice simple style is perfect. I used to do stained glass so the glass cutting won't be a problem. Simply Betta sent me. Eventually I want to get some of her wild bettas and put them in tanks with lids like these and some other fish too thank you so much
After watching this video I was inspired to complete three glass top projects that I have been thinking about for a while. I had some old glass tops that did not fit any of my current aquariums. I cut the glass to fit 3 aquariums and some plexiglass too. I have a half height 10 gal like the one you showed, and I had the side rails so I put that one together. Thank you for your videos and the time you take to share aquarium stuff.
Usually in the same place you find the plastic molding that Steve used, you can find a piece of small white plastic J molding(that's like a 1/4 inch on the bottom and a 1/2 on top. I used that stuff to cover the edges of the glass. Put a couple dabs of silicone on and it keeps the glass from cutting you, and also keeps it from wanting to dig into the piece its sliding on too.
i got all my tanks second hand and they all came with no lids. i found the same idea on youtube and luckily I work at a Ace Hardware and we cut glass to size for sale. the only thing i did different were the handles. i used a 3" X 3" of plexi glass that i heated up and folded at a 90 degree angle. and i just used a little bit of clear epoxy to glue them in place. the lids work very well and they are easy to take out uf needed. Great DIY vid!
I love simple solutions. There is a certain brilliance in this. Thank you!
Originally didn’t plan to have a lid on my new aquarium, but then changed my mind a few days into cycling it. Clearly should have thought about that before buying a lid-less one which doesn’t fit any type of lid on the market 😂 Stumbled across your video by accident a couple hours into my lid search for a second evening. Thanks so much for this, feels good to have a nice-fitting, smart-looking lid that I made myself 😄
Are you kidding me? I've been looking at lids that cost upwards of 75$ and I can make on for what? 7$?
How is this video not more watched than it is? That's a super cool idea. Cheap. Effective. Easy to make. I love it. Wish I'd seen this before I just bought 2 versa tops for my new 55. Gonna be using these in future. Awesome idea. Thanks
This was super helpful. Thanks a lot!
Great project for most fish rooms. I've used the 3m hooks as handles too.
Dee From Brooklyn I got six from the dollar tree
Thanks for the tip, i was able to source and make 4 of these today! I appreciate it
I'm just discovered your video,...Nice concept, thank you for uploaded
I have old picture frames that I got at good will that I have been using ....the channels are perfect solution. Thank you
I went to Lowes, and their smallest 'sheet' of glass was perfect for my 55g. needed 4 pieces, and did this on both ends. also got drawer handles/knobs from there, as well as the molding. everything was $24 total, they cut the glass for me, and it was easy. :) I also painted the molding pieces Black, so it's virtually invisible and looks great in my Living room "show" tank.
Great informative video, My bug bear is cleaning the glass. removing the four glass pains then struggling to get them back in the guid runners. I find lemon and distilled water mix is best.
Wow this is so creative great idea for my fish tanks I'm new still learning
great idea...it also looks nice.
Great idea! Thx for sharing
Lowes here cuts glass. So I'm going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing.
+Tropical Fish Success they wouldn't do it for me here. Hopefully yours will
Thank you Steve. Telling sizes sure matters.
Wow great info! Thank you.
Smart. Thanks for the video
Thank you nice lid..going to try this...
Awesome DIY project Steve. Looks like this is going to save you a good amount of time in your fish room.
+inventoryking yes and solves a huge annoyance
awesome fix to the problem.... I will be doing this in my fish room too for the fry tanks
Thank you so much for the idea! It worked beautifully!! But I have a problem with the glass of the hood getting foggy and the light doesn’t pass through as well. Is there any tips to prevent the glass from getting foggy???
That's a good idea bro lol I had this problem for my QT tanks so I moved them but with this I may move it back
Dude, super smart Thank you!
I just used the extra trim to put on the front of the sliding glass for a very discreet handle. Glass and trim was $12 for a 90 gallon tank.
This was so super cool to watch steve and as always you made it look so super easy to do .... excellent video 🤗
+PsychedelicBabe thanks PB!
Hi questions am going to do this to my 10 gallon but like ur other ones facing us so how much glass do I cut so it has room to slide back or just cut the one I slide alittle bigger this is my problem not sure where to cut but understand everything else TY
Thank you I am going to try this !
Thanks for the idea. I was looking for something like that.
+Tobias Phillips 👍🏻
That's a great idea for a lid. If you buy this glass at home depot or lowes, they will cut it to size at no extra charge.
I like this because it's not shabby, janky or ghetto. I want to suggest something a little different though, although this is the best idea I've come across yet. And if your goal is purely economical, this might not be the thing for you. But if you want something a little better, maybe a bit more money, maybe not, there is another way of doing this. I used to build reptile cages professionally, so I've built lots of things like this. If your situating your tanks short side of the tank facing out, like in this video, as opposed to long side out as you would do with one tank in your living room, there is a little better way to do this...maybe...I'd have to use them both, but hear me out. You can use either that thinner glass as above (the problem with that is it is so thin the edges can't be "sealed" or smoothed over) but my preference would be 1/4" thick as it is more substantial, can be "sealed" and getting daily use, the heavier glass might be better. At least the front piece that is moving when sliding open. It sure is a better feel. Or you can use the polycarbonate material as seen in other videos, and if you can somehow seal the ends of that stuff (and I've got an idea for that), it traps air and thus has an insulative property, keeping your heat in much more effectively, thereby saving your heaters is using them. Anyway, you use the same dimensions as in this video, except the back piece is attached to the TOP of the plastic rim...maybe permanently, maybe not (using some L channel around the 3 sides would keep it in place nicely, or you could glue it on which would be permanent). You use the same dimension front piece that goes in the lip where the lid is meant to go. This way, the front piece, the one with the handle you use every time you get in the tank, it slides UNDER the top piece, which I think is better because in this scenario the front piece is on top and there really is nothing to hold it down or give it any guidance. Kinda flimsy. Does this make any sense? What do you all think?
great idea. Regards from Poland:) Krakow
I superglue a coke bottle cap to the glass for a handle👍
Thanks! Great idea
So easy and inexpensive. Ty
For the handle, you can buy a pack of adhesive wall hooks (at almost any dollar store). And if the adhesive isn’t strong enough, there’s always superglue.
2:17 - It is beautiful !
Too amazing
If you have an aquarium lid does that mean you have to have an air stone to ensure gas exchange or would the fish be fine without? Also if I want the front piece to slide underneath instead of over (bc I want to lay lights right on back piece) I can just flip the mounding right?
Love it :)
Glad I could inspire someone whom I look up to on youtube!....but I will say this was not my original creation! After having used these for some time now I will say they are not perfect on all tanks. They bind up a bit on some of my larger tanks.....and I did not get my edges seamed which has resulted in me cutting myself more than a few times! I've added in more trim to cover the edges so I dont cut myself with daily maintenance!
Link to outside corner molding you used. My searches reveal something other than your picture.
Cool video
+Adam C thanks Adam
where do you put your hanging filter? I would love to do this for my 55 gallon tank that i have 2 filters on.
What do you do about the tubing for the filters? Leave a small gap? And what kind of lights would you use? Seems like Shorter LED lights would not be bright enough with just one and if there were two… the light would be in the way of the sliding door. Can someone tell me how to manage these two things before I do this project? I like this lid idea but can’t seem to figure out those issues.
Plz tell mi how to make brace support and which material is use for it
How do you run your air line tubing and heater cord, with this setup. love the video
Cut holes? He's already telling you to cut glass, so just cut a little bit a the back...
Where do you get the black rim on the top? I dont have a rim, the aquarium is glass only.
is 3/32 inch glass thickness thick enough to hold the stationary piece at the bottom?
Good tip
nice 👍👍
Excellent. What I need for 60 gal
What is the bottom piece that you used on the bottom of this
If i dont have trim on aquarium can i silicon outside molding on it?
can i implement this way for tank gex glassterior
you could cut up old tanks that leak, and make your own lids. ive never done it, but lids are so expensive. i find glass from resale shops, glass that would be used on furnitire shelving, so its kind of thick, and use that, and regular wood i fond in the garbage. i can set those dome shop lights right on the glass, and its ok. Nothing breaks, or cracks.
or just reseal the leaky tanks!
some of it may be tempered glass, FYI.
Cracked my first glass top years ago by putting a shoplight on it.
I'm always terrified the aqueon lid is going to fall into my tank or I'm going to lose my grip and it will fall and crack. These look so much more stable.
You can make the handles with plexiglass and superglue. Works great. I stuck them on with plastic epoxy glue.
+mvecellio1 great tip, thanks!
Urgent question! I'm putting a 75 gallon in my new house soon, has a stand and I found a great video on building a 100% custom remote controlled light bar, but glass lids are SO expensive for bigger tanks. Any advice on making a heavy lid like that first one you showed us? It needs to withstand dojo loaches which can grow up to 10 inches and are notorious for being strong jumpers. Thanks!
Lids for a 75 aren’t that expensive. I would shop around. Drs foster smith is usually my go to. It’s worth investing in.
ace hardware will custom cut glass and plexiglass for you!
Kitty Mae Sweet! Thanks for letting us know
Lowe’s will too, they just have a limit on how thick of plexi they will cut.
Thank you
The handles aren’t on eBay anywhere else I can find them??
outside corner moulding in the link is no longer available at home depot, can you recommend anything else?
www.homedepot.com/p/852-1-2-in-x-3-4-in-x-8-ft-PVC-Composite-White-Outside-Corner-Moulding-0085208011/100540903
This worked for me. hope it helped in time
Just about all versa tops these days are always off a little and what they want for them is also a huge rip off in my opinion. Appreciate you sharing. Thank You
1. Do I have to use an Aqueon tank?
2. Thinking about laying the tank on its side and creating a vivarium for a petsnake. Do u think this'll work for that? Is the door too loose?
Im struggling to find that plastic molding in the uk
Is the moving glass layer secured on there or could something push out if it wanted?
+Lady Weirdo it’s not secured so I guess a strong fish could push it. But this is a 10g so nothing too big would be in there anyway
Plz make video on how make brace support
3m Command Hooks make great handles. They come in white or black plastic. Plus you can find them locally so no ordering needed :)
+Chad Davis now that's a great tip. Thanks buddy
I need this! My cat is always after my fish!
Is my inner lid is 28.6 inches. How long should I cut my glass to with that mould on? 28inch? Could you check the width of that plastic?
What is this trim called? I am struggling to find it
I have no idea if anyone can help me with this but I have a 36 gal bowfront tank I ordered a glass lid for only to realize that there is no lip on the top of the tank, it's just the glass... So there's nothing for the lid to set into. Is there a way to make a rim for it so I can use the lid I bought?
How would I attach my clip on plant light?
This could be done to the Aquion lids you already have to make them sliding instead of hinging.
How would you recommend to modify the design to make the lid air permeable, like with screen or Plexiglas and holes (for plants/animals)?
Window screen material.
could you use this for a snake tank lie can the snake escape
They don't look too bad when you paint them either but just the top of the paint scrapes off from the glass sliding back-and-forth
How about hang on filter hob on the back... adjustments needed necessary
Would you be able to turn it on its side to make it kind of like a terrarium for reptiles?
MyLittleImperfection that is what I'm trying to find out. it looks like it should work...
Guys I have no idea. Never kept reptiles.
MyLittleImperfection Get a mesh screen lid for reptiles. Zoo med has many.
Could you do plexiglass instead?
Trying to figure out how to make something like this for a corner bow tank. Has that weird shape up top.
Miyoshi Hemingway make a template of the shape with a piece of cardboard. And use that as a guide for your glass cutter.
Miyoshi Hemingway Meee toooo! What did you end up doing???
Anyone try using Lexan ? Seems like it would be lighter, easier to work with? Just a thought? Not sure how well it would hold up to the heat of a 6500k LED light an inch above it though? Hmm i may give the Lexan a whirl.
Thanks for sharing, handy solution here with those plastic tracks for the sides on top of aquariums with the ridges.
polycarbonate is awesome for such things, easily takes 100°C, and is virtually unbreakable*. but more expensive than glass, and more time consuming, and IMHO harder to work with as well. glass you score, snap, and quickly break the edges with sand paper - PC must be sawn, the edges need more finishing work to look neat, and it scratches MUCH more easily.
( *= i shot a 3mm macrolon sheet with a longbow, and a pointy "bullet" tip only left dings in it. one arrow broke. that stuff would make formidable light body armour )
Can I keep two breeding group together in the same tank with a divider not much room in my apartment
Is the glass tempered glass?
What is that black frame like thing around the top edges of the aquarium called?
It’s called the frame
How could I make this snake safe? My corny is an absolute escape artist, would it be best to super/ hot glue the plastic to the top? What lock would be best for this?
Never kept snakes so I can’t really speak to how to modify this. I would think maybe they make enclosures specifically for snakes though.
I would not use this for a snake, they need ventilation. Make or buy a screen top for your corn.
J. D. Thanks for the answer!! Will do!
but your aquarium needs to have inner frame to be sit on right?
Love the design, except for the part about needing some open space for heater cords and filter tubing.
then how would you let the filter water get in if its completely sealed off....
he leaves the rear glass slid forward for space
Can I use acrylic instead
What if my tank does not have those black edges? Is there a way to effectively fit it on top without it falling?
I was previously thinking of using mesh along with a simple 90° moulding for the edges to hang on to the tank's edge
We don't have top sliding rails in India can you help me to get one am so eager to get one my tank size is 36 inches X 15 inches
How much weight does it hold?
Bro how to shipping corner molding
Is top glass secure enough? I mean not to fall out
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you can superglue a mini drawer handle on
I can’t find that track thing, been looking online and don’t know what it’s called. Anyone else on here have luck finding one?
it was hard to break the glass since its only half an inch, I just built my lid two mins ago, cut my finger, the edges look like the pizza crust no one eats, (unevenly broken) and have a corner broke off so that's gonna be where I feed the fish, don't need to handle no more. it was a helpful video, I m just bad at cutting and breaking glasses