Tell me how you cat-proof your fishtank!

My 16 lb cat kept jumping on top of my 30 breeder...a 36" span of glass top (no center brace). I was SURE he would break the top and hurt himself AND the fish one day.

30/40 Breeders are a odd size and nobody make 'cheap' hoods that I could find.

Solution was to build a wooden canopy for it-looks great and he doesn't jump on it (cuz he cant see the fish thru the slots); wouldnt hurt if he did tho!

Same cat jumped up on my 75G when it was first filled. Straight out of a cartoon! In midair, he realized there was water in it,:jaw-dropping: the legs shot out and grabbed the sides-he only got one paw wet.:rofl:
 
what you can do it put spikes on top of the aquarium..so that way when it jumps next time it will land on something sharp and learn not to jump (tacs or small nails i guess). another thing you could do also is use a shock collar so every time it goes to disturb your tank it will get shocked badly and should learn quickly
 
My cat has never attempted this with my tanks... he's too afraid to land on top of them.
 
fish..fun?wow said:
what you can do it put spikes on top of the aquarium..so that way when it jumps next time it will land on something sharp and learn not to jump (tacs or small nails i guess). another thing you could do also is use a shock collar so every time it goes to disturb your tank it will get shocked badly and should learn quickly
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That is needlessly dangerous and cruel. You can use plastic carpet runner. It has pointed nubs on the underside, enough to be uncomfortable and will not cause harm or pain.
 
my cat sits on top of my tanks and tha fish in side chase its tale dont now if any one else has this but it is funny to watch
 
My cat will get curious about my tanks that I have on the bottom level of my stand, or on tables. She'll climb over them if she can, but she seems more interested in drinking the water than eating the fish. I'm not terribly concerned about her knocking anything over. I'm fairly confident that 12 pounds of cat isn't going to topple 250+ pounds of aquarium unless she decides to read some physics books, and if she does that I probably have bigger concerns.
 
A couple of suggestions.... squirt bottle. Any time you are around and see your cat about to get on top of the tank or do something with the tank you don't like otherwise, squirt them and say NO. They will learn pretty fast to leave it alone.

The other option for keeping them off your tank lids while you are gone -- use double sided tape and put some rows of thumbtacks down. My bf did this to the top of his computer monitor and his computer shelf. They don't hurt themselves, they can tiptoe around the sections of tacks, but it gives them no comfortable place in which to hang out there and ours have never tried again.

I would stay away from the sticky paws stuff... I tried that on the tank lids I had and it doesn't come off without a razorblade and a million hours of work scraping at it.
 
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