Hello I am having a hard time finding a mesh screen for my 80 gallon aquarium

chairman · 02-17-22, 10:13 AM

Most commercially available screen is for deterring insects from entering windows. The screens themselves are made of vinyl or thin aluminum. The screens are great at stopping mosquitos but don't necessarily hold up to pushy snakes. They do make pet screen, designed to keep dogs from tearing up screen doors quickly, but the material is rather expensive.

What you'd actually want to use is hardware cloth but it is very hard to find a fine mesh hardware cloth that is coated to protect a snake from cutting itself when it rubs up against the wire.

I've found that plastic gutter guards work reasonably well for screen cutouts. The gutter guards have a hard plastic mesh combined with a vinyl screen. They're also rather affordable. They are not the prettiest in the world, but you can mount them inside the cage to keep them out of sight a bit.

David0408 · 02-17-22, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chairman

Most commercially available screen is for deterring insects from entering windows. The screens themselves are made of vinyl or thin aluminum. The screens are great at stopping mosquitos but don't necessarily hold up to pushy snakes. They do make pet screen, designed to keep dogs from tearing up screen doors quickly, but the material is rather expensive.

What you'd actually want to use is hardware cloth but it is very hard to find a fine mesh hardware cloth that is coated to protect a snake from cutting itself when it rubs up against the wire.

I've found that plastic gutter guards work reasonably well for screen cutouts. The gutter guards have a hard plastic mesh combined with a vinyl screen. They're also rather affordable. They are not the prettiest in the world, but you can mount them inside the cage to keep them out of sight a bit.

I’m sorry I don’t mean to hijack this thread. Having said that, I think Im just going to purchase a 4x2x2 APcages enclosure. Any recommendations on the options? White or black? Sliding glass door vs swinging plastic etc? Thanks.