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Ok been playing with my Exoterra this weekend. And like any big kid with a new toy, the first thing i did was take it appart.

So, regarding the mesh on the top of the tank. Well, flip it over, and youll see a groove running arround both sections of the mesh. Get a small screw driver and dig it in there, and you should be able to pull out a long piece of rubber. Once the rubber is removed youll see how easy it is to get the mesh out, just pull it. The rubber basically wedges the mesh in place arround the lip of the frame. To replace this with a miture of finer mesh and acrylic (so the U.V. can get through) is going to be a sinch.

The gap in the doors is going to be easy to fix, allong with the gap the other side of the doors.

Now, onto the vent at the front. Well i was a little surprised with this one. You see the small holes that run allong the inside of the vent section. Well thats as small as they get. To open this bit up is very easy.

1) Open the doors ALL the way, youll need to do this as when the inside portion is unclipped, there are little sprues that come out and if the doors are closed it will stop you getting it out.

2) look inside at the back of the vent, and you should see three clips, unclip these and slide the inner vent section up. it should come out easy.

what we need to do is basically get some kinda mesh inside here to stop FF's getting out. If you have a look inside the vent, youll see how easy it is to modify.

Gotta say, this thing has ingeneous design

P.S. i also pulled out that 'exo terra' sticker from the latch, make it look a million times better.

have fun, will update with progress!!