Kayatank - Minor problem

[buki]

I really like my kayatank, but I found a minor problem with it when I was cleaning up my garage. When I was moving my kayak, my finger rubbed against the metal mesh filter and it cut my finger. I'm glad it was only my finger because it would have been bad if it cut my face or body. I could see this happening when I'm loading the kayak on top of my car. I decided to remove the metal filter and I'm thinking about an alternative solution. Does anybody else have experience with this? I'm thinking about using the tank without the filter.

My recommendation is to remove the metal filter as soon as you can.

Here is the picture of the metal filter: