ClearView Aquarium Lids Master Thread - It all started RIGHT HERE!!!

[Confuse]

Oh man, sorry for the loss but thanks for sharing. I was worried about this as I am awaiting my cover and ordered it with the feed door. My Lineatus is a whale of a fish at almost 5.5 inches so I'll secure the feed door with tape right off the bat! You came up with some good upgrade solutions and hopefully they'll be considered.

QUOTE="jcdeng, post: 3051402, member: 21773"]So this happened yesterday when I came home from work:

yep my 5 inch large rhomboid fairy wrasse male, which I have had for 4 years, surfed... What happened was it knocked the feed door out of the way and ended up on the tile floor. During the 4 years I have him he hit the traditional window frame mesh cover countless times but was never able to jump out, 2 weeks with the new cover it died. This made me very sad and feel responsible for his death.

That being said, I want to make it clear that I am writing this NOT to bash the product, I mean, I love it, it made the tank look more sophisticated and modern compare to the window frame cover. Its strong and has perfect fitment, which shows how well built it is. I am writing this simply to make fellow members who has the feed door feature aware that a bigger fish can knock the feed door off with a decent power jump. I think most will agree that the feed door can be lift/moved with very little effort.

This is my current quick fix:

tape to secure the door tightly until I need to feed, just simply lift up the tape on the tank glass and tape it back down after feeding.

This is the second reason why I made this post, to let ArtFully Acrylic and Incredible Corals aware of the issue and maybe improve on the already great product, more like a constructive criticism/review.

My 1st suggestion is maybe attach a lexan hinge to the feed door like the ones on the acclimation boxes will made the feed door stay in place even if a fish jump up and knock on it.

2nd suggestion/idea is to add a thin strip of magnet (like the ones on the frige doors) to lips of the feed door and a small strip of metal to the frame where the feed door lip it touching, like your kitchen cabinet doors, so to make the feed door able to be moved by human hands but not a fish.

3rd suggestion/idea is, which I think is best, to combine the hinge and magnet on the feed door to make it even more secure and easy to operate. Simply remove one lip on the feed door and replace it with the hinge and the other side use the magnet.

Again, I want to make myself clear that I have no intention to bash our vendor and/or their product. For years ppl have requested but no one step up to make a mass produced clean looking mesh cover for our tanks. And I appreciate the fact that Artfully Acrylic came out with such a great design and product which they were also able to accommodate different size and tank designs. I have no idea how these things are designed and built so the above idea/suggestions are just that, ideas, I am sure Artfully can come up with something better.

Keep up the good work guys!

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I'd like to order a lid for my tank too, but I would like some assurance that these concerns have been addressed in order to make my purchase. @ArtFully Acrylic

 

[ClearView Lids]

@jcdeng thank you for the constructive critique. We greatly value your input and are sorry to hear about your fish. That was certainly a pretty good size wrasse so no doubt it's possible.

We are looking into potential solutions here for those that may have issues. We also realize this isn't a problem that would affect everybody and also doesn't come into play with lids that don't have the feed doors, but we are happy to come up with a viable alternative to your tape solution. That being said, we have tried to avoid hinges from the inception of our lids. We didn't want to include any "permanent" mountings on the lids as this makes replacement of a missing feed door or replacement of a torn screen much more difficult. A permanent hinge is prone to break and would make the lid much harder to repair back to it's prior state.

Being made with Lexan instead of acrylic, our ClearView Lids are designed to last and take quite a beating. We wouldn't feel nearly as confident with a hinged offering. That said, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from adding a small hinge or two to your lid's feed door if that is the route you want to go with it though I'd suggest adding a hasp/catch as well since even a hinged door can be pushed up by a larger fish moving at a good clip hell bent on getting out.

We are looking into design options that would allow the door to be 'keyed' in such a way to require removal a specific way so it's not prone to easy pushing by a fish but still easily removable by the consumer. This may not be the ultimate end all solution that we go with, but is being looked into.

 

[shadow1013]

Maybe some how a small magnet on the lips of the door and ones build into the cover. You'd just have to make sure it's sealed so not leaching happens.

 

[jcdeng]

@ArtFully Acrylic , thank you for looking into this matter as it made me feel that my alpha male didn't die in vain.

 

[ClearView Lids]

@jcdeng - Innovation comes from Inspiration. For your honest and constructive efforts we will be sending you one of our new keyed feed doors and a locker ring.

ArtFully Acrylic ClearView Lids have become the GO TO for covering aquariums everywhere and keeping their inhabitants safe. Our fish are sometimes smarter than we think however and a few have learned how to defeat their safety restraints and found the light and easily removable feed door to be the quickest escape route out. Naturally, we took offense to this and were hell bent on finding a solution that put this means of escape on lock. This isn't a feature that everyone needs or wants but it's a superb option to have available for those with jumpers on the clever/suicidal side.

Also very important to us was to come up with a solution that would work with not only new lids coming out of production, but one that could be used by any existing customer and incorporated into their lid when they feel the added security is needed. We are proud to announce the FEED DOOR LOCKER. Full details and pricing to be announced soon.

The locker ring will be available by itself for those that want to add it to an existing feed door. In these cases, the ring can be glued to the bottom of your existing feed door.

New keyed feed doors will also be available allowing the ring to snap fit firmly in lieu of gluing in place.

Stay tuned for further details! We are excited to bring this new offering to you all!

 

[Confuse]

@jcdeng - Innovation comes from Inspiration. For your honest and constructive efforts we will be sending you one of our new keyed feed doors and a locker ring.

ArtFully Acrylic ClearView Lids have become the GO TO for covering aquariums everywhere and keeping their inhabitants safe. Our fish are sometimes smarter than we think however and a few have learned how to defeat their safety restraints and found the light and easily removable feed door to be the quickest escape route out. Naturally, we took offense to this and were hell bent on finding a solution that put this means of escape on lock. This isn't a feature that everyone needs or wants but it's a superb option to have available for those with jumpers on the clever/suicidal side.

Also very important to us was to come up with a solution that would work with not only new lids coming out of production, but one that could be used by any existing customer and incorporated into their lid when they feel the added security is needed. We are proud to announce the FEED DOOR LOCKER. Full details and pricing to be announced soon.

The locker ring will be available by itself for those that want to add it to an existing feed door. In these cases, the ring can be glued to the bottom of your existing feed door.

New keyed feed doors will also be available allowing the ring to snap fit firmly in lieu of gluing in place.

Stay tuned for further details! We are excited to bring this new offering to you all!

Thank you for the prompt innovation and resolution. I put an order in last week and I'd like to incorporate the new feeding door. I sent you guys an email.

Order number: AAIC5437
Order Date: 7/30/2016

 

[shadow1013]

Oh so you lift the lid and slide it in place. Okay that make sense now.

That wouldn't really work on my lid but hopefully when I add the auto feeder they won't be jumping through it.

 

[jcdeng]

@ArtFully Acrylic , thank you for your efforts and this quick solution. Definitely great customer service here!

 

[p0st]

Hi! I once asked for a quote for shipping to The Netherlands and unfortunately this was going to become very expensive ($300 on top of $200 for the lid on my reefer 525). Is shipping still this pricey or are there alternatives we can figure out? Regardless I will try to see if I can find more people from my local area that are interested in one of these, to split the shipping costs. Please let me know!

 

[nbagnardi]

MAN! over 40,000 views on this thread alone?!! @ArtFully Acrylic you guys have been BUSY!!! hands down incredible customer appreciation here. keep up the amazing work guys!

 

[Richard Schmidt]

I love mine. These people could not be any easier to work with.

 

[Confuse]

@ArtFully Acrylic did you get my email? I never got a response back. I'd like to update my order.

 

[ClearView Lids]

@ArtFully Acrylic did you get my email? I never got a response back. I'd like to update my order.

We did. We are working up the simplest means of allowing folks to add this new option to their order. Will update thread, site, and via email with instructions once determined. Thanks!

 

[ClearView Lids]

Hi! I once asked for a quote for shipping to The Netherlands and unfortunately this was going to become very expensive ($300 on top of $200 for the lid on my reefer 525). Is shipping still this pricey or are there alternatives we can figure out? Regardless I will try to see if I can find more people from my local area that are interested in one of these, to split the shipping costs. Please let me know!

We have another order bound for the Netherlands that's going out in a few weeks. Email us your address info to [email protected] and we will inquire with that lids owner to see if they are relatively close and willing to split shipping savings on both ends.

 

[ClearView Lids]

Thanks for the shout out Richard (@jcdeng), Nick (going almost all the way back to ClearView beginnings here), and Mr. Schmidt!

@ArtFully Acrylic , thank you for your efforts and this quick solution. Definitely great customer service here!

MAN! over 40,000 views on this thread alone?!! @ArtFully Acrylic you guys have been BUSY!!! hands down incredible customer appreciation here. keep up the amazing work guys!

I love mine. These people could not be any easier to work with.

 

[nbagnardi]

Lol the beginnings! A few months does seem like an eternity right? I can't imagine how many tanks you've covered since then! So glad you're still pumping them out. Great people deserve great things!!

 

[ClearView Lids]

Hey everybody, just a quick note....our web guy is in the process of a big move so we are still waiting to get the new Feed Door Locker added to the page. For existing ClearView Lid customers, we will have options allowing you to order the new Locker and have it shipped a la carte. For ClearView Lid customers currently in queue, you will be emailed specific instructions on how to add the Locker to your order prior to shipment. We will get this live and notifications sent out as soon as possible. Thanks!

 

[ClearView Lids]

How 'non square' or unique can we get with a ClearView Lid? Check this out! This is made possible exclusively with our ClearView Lid technology =).

 

[sfmacguy]

What's the wait time on these now?

Thanks!

 

[ClearView Lids]

What's the wait time on these now?

Thanks!

Currently 4-6 weeks and getting better =). We have A LOT of lids to make amongst our other builds and we are getting them out as quickly as possible. Get an order in and the days will tick on by quick!