Why does BRS recommend this?
We make a screen top for every tank we set-up at BRS! Clear
netting lets about 99% of light through unlike glass or acrylic
all the while keeping your beloved fish and critters in.
Build a screen top for your aquarium on your own with one of
our DIY Kits. We now offer kits for traditional rimmed
aquariums. Rimmed kits come with more corners and frame to
complete a screen top kit for a rimmed tank.
A traditional aquarium will come with a plastic trim to
reinforce the glass on the top and bottom rim. Smaller tanks
under 3 feet and under traditionally do not have any center
braces even if there is trim on the tank which keeps things
pretty simple which selecting a screen top.
Longer tanks like 4-foot to 6-foot tanks the trim will divide
the tank up into sections with the bracing where rimless tanks
will not have any bracing. If you have a rimless tank 4 feet or
over without any center braces you will want to get a Screen
Top Net Kit for Rimless tanks of the appropriate length. If
your aquarium has trim with bracing dividing the tank up into
multiple sections you will want to get a kit for Rimmed tanks
which will include more screen frame corners and frame than a
rimless kit would.
Rimmed Kits: (no need to purchase
extra frame and corners)
Rimmed kits come with more shorter sections o the screen frame,
and corners that traditional aquariums with trim and bracing
will require. Rimmed kits will allow you to make multiple
screen netting tops if your tank requires multiple.
5' Rimmed kits can make two 3' x 3' net tops
Each kit includes frame sections, screen corners, roll
of 1/4" netting, spline roller and spline.
1/4" DIY AQUARIUM SCREEN TOP NETTING KITS QUICK COMPARE
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Aquarium Size
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Frame Sections
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Screen Corners
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Netting Roll
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Spline Roller
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Spline
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Width
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Depth
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5 Foot Rimless
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2x 5 Foot
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2x 4 Foot
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4
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6.5' x 6.5' 1/4”
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x
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25'
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5 Foot Rimmed
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4x 3 Foot
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4x 3 Foot
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8
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6.5' x 6.5' 1/4”
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x
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25'
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Assembly Required:
Screen frame can easily be cut with a typical hacksaw or saw
with a metal blade.