[PantMan]

For the top fr0nt of the tank I use the plastic sleeves used for versa tops. there easy to drill and cut. The rest of the top is plate glass. I'll try to take a photo tonight when I get home and post it.

 

[PantMan]

Here you go:

Front of tank

Front corner - cut out for hinge, it;s not the cleanest cut but it works

Holes for mistking (center) and fans (in corners)

Looking from the inside

This are from a recent build but it seems to work well so far. Oh yea, remeber to cut out the tabs on top of the exo's or the glass doesn't fit right

 

[PantMan]

Nice approach Mike. A nifty work around for potential glass drilling headaches.

Not to hijack the thread but do you feel like 2 fans are necessary for your 18x18x18 (or 18x18x24 sorry can't tell from the photo)?

Good question I went with two fans for several reasons:

A) They're small, 40 mm each, they're listed at about 7 cfm and with humid air I wouldn't be surprised if it was more like 5 cfm.
B) I plan to put some orchids in the tank and air flow will be key.
C)These tanks were deigned specifically for pumillio and everything i researched suggest air circulation is beneficial. Plus, the two fans wont be creating any type of artificial wind. They'll just ensure good air mixture in the tank and in my opinion a little overkill isn't a bad thing in this case. Plus at 12 amps each its not like its going to cause my electric bill to spike.

 

[PantMan]

oh its 18x18x24. the 18x24x24 also has 2 fans though

 

[PantMan]

awesome viv Mike, how long do you run the fans daily ?

I'm still working on it and havent finsihed hardwiring the fans yet. I haven't decieded if I want to run each tank, or fan, to a seperate controller or just hard wire everything together. However, I think I'm going to run them off the same timer with the lights, about 12 hours.

 

[PantMan]

ps. note temp gun in lower right of pic. The have come down allot in price, and if you can afford one, they are a valuable tool to have. You can get them for around 25 bucks now.

good call, that and a desk fan are actually my next purchase (after frog day). I saw a temp gun on amazon for like twenty bucks.