I finally got around to getting a tank set up for my girlfriend's RES. It's a 75Gal with a Fluval FX6 filter. Currently he is in a 30 gal tank (a prison cell for his size) so I'm very eager to get him into this new tank. I'm in the process of building an in-tank basking area of out PVC pipe, but with how high the water level is to the top of the tank, I'm positive he'll try to escape. I can't lower the water level because the filter's manual said it needs to be that high and I'd rather not put a lid/cage ontop of the tank for looks purpose (and it'll be a pain with how big that fluval intake is)
My question is, I saw some people suggesting attaching plexiglass to the the tank to prevent him from crawling out and I was curious how they were doing the "attaching". Are you guys using clamps to hold it to the tank or something? I plan on hanging his basking area between the fluval intake and the center brace (Pic #1 in the link) and thought attaching a sheet of plexi glass there would keep him safe. I'm very new to aquarium stuff and am completely up for suggestions if anybody has any. Long term I'm going to look into building an above the tank basking area.
Link to the photos in case they don't embed into the post: http://imgur.com/a/bmSFs
