EURO BRACE perimeter vs cross brace/window cutout

[10000]

Looking for advice from those who have a euro braced tank? I’m having my DT built and also decided to opt for a frag tank build. Probably only looking to house some lps and a few fish. My concern was does anyone have issues with euro bracing that has cross braces or that has a window cutout style? Does it interfere with light punch at all or any other problems? Thinking of going with just perimeter bracing but wanted to hear some opinions. My tank will be acrylic, 25mm thick all sides, with dimensions 108Lx30Dx18H

 

[thedon986]

I used glasscages and got low iron eurobracing for my 48x24 it wasn’t much more than standard glass. The cross brace is double stacked and I get no shadowing. Haven’t checked par under it but I have T5/LEDs so not a concern really. Definitely don’t get tinted or smoked or anything like that and you’ll be fine.

 

[10000]

Sweet i appreciate your feedback, definitely going for the window cutout euro brace on my 12’ DT. Might opt for the perimeter only bracing on the 9’ frag so I can have full access

 

[thedon986]

Awesome. Can I ask, did you go with the concealed waterline? I was thinking about it on a build and think it would be cleaner to hide the waterline and avoid seeing the braces and light reflection. Still, part of me thinks if it’s going to look a bit like a trimmed plastic tank, maybe I should just save money and go old school style. I’d love to see yours! Thank you!

I was skeptical of getting it but it really should be gotten for their style of eurobrace. Here is a picture of mine

 

[exnisstech]

Awesome. Can I ask, did you go with the concealed waterline? I was thinking about it on a build and think it would be cleaner to hide the waterline and avoid seeing the braces and light reflection. Still, part of me thinks if it’s going to look a bit like a trimmed plastic tank, maybe I should just save money and go old school style. I’d love to see yours! Thank you!

Just throwing this out as a cost effective method to hide the water line. May not work in a glass cages build but I just used black vinyl tape on my waterbox. It actually turned out better than I expected. Hard to tell from the photo but it looks much cleaner than a plastic rimmed tank