Bowfront tank needs mesh lid!

I have a 36g bowfront aquarium that I need to somehow make a well ventilated lid for, and of course they don't sell the regular lids for the bowfronts. (This is for my momma rat and her babies, not a snake). Any bright ideas on how I can go about that with my limited DIY knowledge? Don't really want to go out and buy another aquarium when I have these already lying around.

Thanks ya'll!

Buy acrylic and cut it to size then drill out holes and get simple latches to hold down or weight on the corners

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Originally Posted by zachbinger

Buy acrylic and cut it to size then drill out holes and get simple latches to hold down or weight on the corners

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I thought about that but I don't know if that would be adequate ventilation?

You can buy perforated metal and cut that to size, that way you have some rigidity to it.

Angled aluminium from lowes. I used. rivits to hold it together. Mine is for a 46 gal bow front. Make the back and side first then the front. I used a dremal to cut angled relieve cuts in the front so the angled aluminium would bend.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...a71611b76e.jpg

^^^you wouldn't have any more detailed explanation on how to do this would you? Or possibly pictures? I'm SO not the person who would walk into a home depot asking for...tapered aluminum? Sorry about my naïveté about this kind of stuff :)

ok well that sucks, i just typed out how i made the lid but when I submitted it, i was asked to log in again and it lost all of it. sooooooo. I am on day 3 at the fire station but i go home tomorrow. I have been planning on making a video on how I made the lid. I will try and find a moment to do so when I make it home. I also think without pics for it would be hard to follow the directions just typed out.

here is a list of stuff you will need:
rivet gun
http://www.lowes.com/pd_45272-412-RH...gun&facetInfo=

rivets
http://www.lowes.com/pd_45310-412-RM...vet&facetInfo=

angled aliumium,you want the thinnest but widest you can get. get 2 of the sections, one is extra in case of a mistake.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_103633-37672...7C1&facetInfo=

metal screen: not any screen porch kind, you want it strong but thin with small holes. you will have to get a roll of it and will not use most of it. it will need to be wider/deeper than the depth of your tank from front to back


drill
dremel with metal cutting wheel
sharpie
side cutters
tape mesasure

stay tuned for the video for instructions.

Here is the video. Let me know if you have anymore qurstions.

DIY screen lid for a bow front aquarium: http://youtu.be/l87Smn6CRI8