Aquarium Screens and Aquarium Lids

Aquarium Screens have a deep frame that fits completely over the top of the aquarium tank. They can be made to fit any aquarium tank but they work best on 10 to 50 gallon aquarium sizes.

Galvanized steel screen wire is used for toughness and to prevent any problem with reptiles escaping. Many exiting aquarium lids use only aluminum screen wire, which can easily become ripped open.

If you need an aquarium screen made, measure the width and length of top of your aquarium and email me this information. I will send you pricing.

These lids can also be manufactured to suit your aquarium. Please send me the dimensions required and I will quote you a price.

Bow front tank Reptile Enclosures

Start by taking a sheet of cardboard large enough to cover the top of the tank. Have someone hold it down while you trace the outside profile of the whole tank on the cardboard with a pencil. Then remove the cardboard and cut around the pencil line with a utility knife so you have a template that fits the top of your tank exactly.

Now you can lay the template on a piece of 3/4" plywood and sketch the profile of the template onto the plywood. Try to make the plywood profile slightly larger than than the dimensions of the top of the tank.

Cut the curved profile out using a jigsaw. Test fit the wooden piece to see that it is just larger all around than the top of your tank.

Then purchase a 1.5" to 2" wide piece of this aluminum strip and wrap it around the the perimeter of the plywood, screwing it in to the wood as you go. This creates a lip to allow the top to fit over the top of the tank.

Cut a rectangular hole in the plywood so you can cover it with a conventional window screen frame. Cut a round hole for your heat lamp to poke through.

The weight of the plywood plus the heat lamp would likely be too much for most reptiles to push off themselves.

Heres a picture of the completed bowfront tank lid to give you an idea of what it should look like.