Question about glass lids...

Sometime this week I'm going to be buying a new tank from petco (hopefully a 40 gallon breeder, if they still have some in stock. in not I'm willing to get up to 55 gallons), and wanted to get a glass canopy for it so I could use my own lights. I won't actually be filling up the tank and getting it cycled until my 20 gallon finishes cycling (I want to seed the new aquarium with bacteria from the 20 gal), but I want to get the tank itself put together as soon as possible. Just the stand, the tank itself, and the lid.

Anyways. This might be a REALLY stupid question.. But I haven't owned a tank with a glass canopy before, and was wondering how you fit a filter and a heater in with the glass? Is there usually space at the back that isn't covered by the glass to have room for those things? And if so, how do you keep the glass from moving around every time you open the lid?

 

There is a plastic flap attached at the rear. It can be cut to leave space for the accessories. The entire lid is made up of two parts (hinged), the front one can be lifted, while the rear one does not move

 

Thanks!

 

Mine came with a separate vinyl strip that attaches on separately so that you can cut it first. When you set up I would recommend not cutting the vinyl until after it is cycled and you put the fish in, in case you need to make changes to the position of the filter and heater.

 

Mine came with a separate vinyl strip that attaches on separately so that you can cut it first. When you set up I would recommend not cutting the vinyl until after it is cycled and you put the fish in, in case you need to make changes to the position of the filter and heater.

Alright, I will keep this in mind. Thank you

 

I have glass lids on a lot of my tanks. With some of them I took the time to attach the plastic part and cut out openings for things. With some others I just left the plastic part off completely. It leaves a few inches of the tank uncovered back there though. I am sure that increases the evaporation rate a bit. Some may not like that. But it allows you to move things that are on the back of your tank without having to adjust the openings.

 

If you are planning on fish or snails like to escape make sure your holes are small enough that they can't. The holes I made are very small and fit the tubing pretty perfectly. I do now have a very active nerite snail who likes to crawl all around including little bit out of the water, but still inside the tank.