Which is stronger - eurobracing or cross-center bracing?

[Chin_Lee]

I dunno....... what is normal for a tank that size?

[dabandit]

lol I did a job for a guy with a 15foot long tank it had eurobracing that had centerbraces,so what im trying to say is I think you use both but what do I know lol

[Trigger Man]

From what i've seen at a tank around that length they have had both the Euro brace and the centerbraces.

[Chin_Lee]

do you guys recall how eurobracing and cross braces were put on?
were the eurobracing on the inside and the cross braces on top of the eurobracing and tank?

[Trigger Man]

The way I've seen it the most is; cross bracing from front to back of tank, and Eurobracing goes from one end to cross brace point, then starts again after crossbrace point. I've seen a couple that ran eurobracing all around and cross bracing was siliconed flush to the eurobrace. I think the first way would be stronger as the brace is siliconed to the front and back panels.
I hope the way I wrote this makes sense to you.

[sphelps]

If using both Euro style and center you would apply the euro brace first on the top and then apply the center braces so they sit either under or on top of the euro brace. Under is would probably work best.

[dabandit]

The one I saw was 1 piece 1'' thick acrylic all in one eurobrace and crossbars,sounds pretty expensive though the one piece route that is

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

do you guys recall how eurobracing and cross braces were put on?
were the eurobracing on the inside and the cross braces on top of the eurobracing and tank?

I saw a 8x3x2 tank that was eurobraced and then had two cross braces ontop of the eurobrace. It also had a black trim, so the crossbraces were NOT ontop of the walls of the tank...just ontop of the eurobracing.

I guess it depends on how thick the glass is too.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

I saw a 8x3x2 tank that was eurobraced and then had two cross braces ontop of the eurobrace. It also had a black trim, so the crossbraces were NOT ontop of the walls of the tank...just ontop of the eurobracing.

I guess it depends on how thick the glass is too.

Yea, I would think that may work well also.

[Doug]

Chin, I would never do a tank that large without cross bracing, but thats me. I,m not a huge euro brace fan myself, except where one wishes to reduce the typical water running over the edge thingy. Plus I would think euro bracing helps with jumpers, who seem to follow the glass up in a lot of cases.

They are a pin for running anything that needs attaching to a tank rim. I guess I agree with using the both of them or at least cross bracing and some euro, depending on your needs. Mine had the cross bracing installed first, as its the most important, then the euro butting up to it.

I,m guessing the ends of the euro which is basically cross bracing, gives major support to the ends, with the center two cross bracing supporting the center portion. The parallel front and rear euro section would be more for water stops and the such, at least, IMO.

Mike has a 5ft. by 2 by 2 and its just euro braced but your 27 & 31 is a lot of tank.