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Ryan7 02-16-2004 10:56 PM

euro-braced tank pics
 
Does anybody have and pitures they can send/post of thier euro-braced tank?

thanks

Canadian Man 02-17-2004 06:09 AM

What kind of picture are you after?
Tank full?
Tank empty so you can see eurobracing?
Tank empty with my dog in it? :biggrin:

I got them all

Quinn 02-17-2004 06:16 AM

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/eurob...oct%2018%2003/

Canadian Man 02-17-2004 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teevee

Thanks Quinn.
I didn't really want to dig up pics of my tank and post them and all :cool:

Ryan7 02-17-2004 08:40 AM

That is exactly what I was looking for.

From the pics it looks like the strips are placed on the inner rim of the tank, is that correct?

So is there 4 strips then? front, back and 2 sides.

Do the front and back strips run from one end of the tank to the other and then the side strips attach to the front and back ones, or is there overlapping?

top view?
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thanks

Canadian Man 02-17-2004 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan7
That is exactly what I was looking for.

From the pics it looks like the strips are placed on the inner rim of the tank, is that correct?

So is there 4 strips then? front, back and 2 sides.

Do the front and back strips run from one end of the tank to the other and then the side strips attach to the front and back ones, or is there overlapping?

top view?
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Is this right?

thanks

That's correct.
The width of the strips goes up with larger tank sizes. My tank is 2 feet longer than quinn's and the same height and witdth but my strips are 3 times the size.

Andy 02-17-2004 10:29 PM

Here's some pics of mine.

http://reefmania.homestead.com/files/inside.jpg

http://reefmania.homestead.com/files/overflows.jpg

Andy

Lofus 02-17-2004 11:02 PM

Is this DIY bracing? And why would you? Is the bracing installed by the tank mfgr insufficient?

Delphinus 02-17-2004 11:23 PM

Jim, "Euro" bracing refers to the style of bracing against the outside perimeter of the tank. Whereas normally there's just a cross brace in the center (or two cross braces).

This style is more popular because it doesn't introduce shadowing into the tank for the lights, might be a bit easier for getting things in and out, and so on.

monza 02-17-2004 11:26 PM

Tony, did you mean the inside??

Dave


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