Condensation Issue

[SamLovesCorys]

My tank doesn't have a condensation tray so all the water condenses on the roof of the lid. While this is worrying enough (Light, electrics etc) by itself, my main issue is that the condensed water often runs down the lid and out of the tank. The amount which runs out is negligible, the only place it causes a problem is when it runs down the back, causing parts of the black background to stick to the tank glass. This looks crappy.

I know I could get a condensation tray, but the trouble is that then I would have to take off the lid to fiddle round with stuff in the tank (This happens a lot, mainly trying to get the filter to stay stuck to the glass!), feed fish etc.

What should I do? If worst comes to worst, I would consider buying a new lid, as the one I have is ugly anyway (Previous owner kept mice in the tank, so there are little holes nibbled in parts and it is an ugly design!)

Thanks, Sam

 

[Lufbramatt]

get some cover glasses? I've done this on a couple of tanks, you can get PVC moulded strip from B+Q etc that is the shape of a capital E in cross section, so you can fit two glass covers, each just over half the size of the tank(so they overlap by about 2cm in the middle). The PVC strip lays on the tank rim down the front and back of the tank, with a sheet of glass in each groove, so they can slide over each other.

You'll probably have to get the glass cut to size which means doing some measuring, but if you go to a LFS and have a look in some of the display tanks I'm sure you'll get the idea. Glass is usually pretty cheap, you'll only need it to be about 4mm thick.

 

[SamLovesCorys]

get some cover glasses? I've done this on a couple of tanks, you can get PVC moulded strip from B+Q etc that is the shape of a capital E in cross section, so you can fit two glass covers, each just over half the size of the tank(so they overlap by about 2cm in the middle). The PVC strip lays on the tank rim down the front and back of the tank, with a sheet of glass in each groove, so they can slide over each other.

You'll probably have to get the glass cut to size which means doing some measuring, but if you go to a LFS and have a look in some of the display tanks I'm sure you'll get the idea. Glass is usually pretty cheap, you'll only need it to be about 4mm thick.

Awesome, i'll definitely try this

 

[drobbyb]

You could try and make a wick and attach it to a point of the glass with superglue just before where it runs out of the tank and out the back. This would put the condensation back into the tank where it belongs. Superglue once dry is nontoxic to your tank's inhabitants.