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Old 02-16-2004, 09:56 PM
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Does anybody have and pitures they can send/post of thier euro-braced tank?

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

I got them all
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http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/eurob...oct%2018%2003/
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Thanks Quinn.
I didn't really want to dig up pics of my tank and post them and all
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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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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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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.
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Here's some pics of mine.





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Is this DIY bracing? And why would you? Is the bracing installed by the tank mfgr insufficient?
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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.
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Tony, did you mean the inside??

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