Open top tanks, who has them..

[Nocturnus]

Cool. I'll give the open top a try.. Gonna be 2 weeks before I get my plants in. But it's good. At least I'll have everything else here before the plants show. Why do I have the strange feeling that my 20 gallon will become a over grow tank along with this 10g tank by my desk. heh.

 

[Ratlova30]

I've had problems with loaches, danios and bettas jumping out. I do have quite a few open top tanks due to me being a very cheap person but it comes with a risk

 

[fishorama]

Some floating plants can help until the fish learn the tank.

 

[jetajockey]

I have over a dozen open top tanks. Have had a few jumpers, a danio here and there, one overshooting cory (i saw him do it and put him back in, lol). With the jumper tanks I just keep the water down an inch or two and that seems to have done the trick.

However I did have a tank with several JD fry and they jumped, I found 2 or 3 jumpers that went at some point during the night . This happened 2 days in a row and I put egg crate over their tank.

 

[James0816]

All my tanks are open tops. I either have the lights mounted on legs or suspended from the ceiling. Personally....it think it gives it a nicer look if you ask me.

 

[Plague]

I have open top with betta, cory, danio, and kuhlii. Funny thing is that the only fish that has ever jumped from my tank are NEON tetra wtf...

 

[tanker]

My two tanks have a canopy but no glass cover. In the last 10 years, have had only 3 fishes jump out and I saved one of them.

It does have a lot of evaporation.

 

[Fyurae]

Mine are open. My cat would kill me otherwise.

I have seen suggested, here or elsewhere, to go to a craft store and get the clear plastic mesh that is used for things like needlepoint or whatever.

 

[Lise]

I wish I could have an open top but my blackskirt tetras love to jump when its dinnertime!

 

[Nocturnus]

I've used the needlepoint stuff for other things. but to cover a 48x18 tank with it, that's a lot of 8x11 squares. I did find a place online that sells clear monofiliment fishing net material. So I can get some that's got 1/4" openings and then use my window screen frame and to that. No light loss and some protection.