Tank without bracing

[Mick85]

There's a local guy who imports fish tanks that look to be really nice quality with low iron 12mm glass. However none of them have bracing.

Would this be an issue when the tank is full of water?

 

[mcordelia]

I guess it depends on the size of the tank.... You're sure they're not "eurobraced"? Aka thin strip of glass on the inside rim that is nearly invisible? I'm not seeing anything like that in the pictures though.

There are quite a few rimless tank designs, and I think they work up to a certain size, but I'm not sure on the calculations to figure out what the max size is.

 

[FFGuest6357]

It’s going to depend on the size of the tank really. That’s half inch glass, which is quite strong. If they are not selling the tanks with bracing, I would assume they have been engineered to handle the pressure.

especially in the mid range sizes. If I had to guess, I would say that one tank looks about 48x24x24. I think I would be comfortable with 1/2” glass for that size.

 

[Mick85]

The ad doesn't mention anything about Euro bracing and it would have to be super super invisible as i can't see it in the photos either.

 

[Mick85]

It’s going to depend on the size of the tank really. That’s half inch glass, which is quite strong. If they are not selling the tanks with bracing, I would assume they have been engineered to handle the pressure.

especially in the mid range sizes. If I had to guess, I would say that one tank looks about 48x24x24. I think I would be comfortable with 1/2” glass for that size.

That particular tank is 1200x600x600 432 Litres.

Yeh i was thinking with that glass thickness it would have to be pretty solid. They have display tanks in their showroom filled with water so i guess they should be ok.

 

[Colin_T]

Generally they use thicker glass on tanks without support strips (bracing) and this helps to compensate for the lack of reinforcing glass.

As mentioned by Naterjm, the tank looks like a 4x2x2ft, which would be made from 10mm thick glass with support strips, and 12mm without.

 

[FFGuest6357]

And for the record, I think everyone here should convert to inches, feet and gallons. Lol

I had to do my conversions, but 1200x600x600mm=48x24x24”, roughly.

I think that’s a 120gal tank

 

[Mick85]

Haha metric>imperial

I've just sold all the stock from my Aquaone 850 and want something bigger and without internal filtration so this might be a good option! They're reasonably priced too.

 

[FFGuest6357]

Haha metric>imperial

You know it’s funny, living in Canada, I have to use both so often.

when I was a cook I used both for weights and volumes, which wreaked havoc on my inventory sheets.
Now that I’m a carpenter, nothing is metric, I don’t even use measuring tapes if they have inches and centimetres. Only imperial for my measuring.

Every time I watch carpentry videos from people outside of North America, I have to get out my conversion app to see what you guys are talking about.

but I do agree, metric is more simple and practical. I’m not sure I can ever shake the imperial from my measuring....

 

[DancingBetta]

Wow what a beautiful tank! Too bad I have “too many fish tanks” Two tanks is not enough I tell you! ?

 

[FFGuest6357]

Wow what a beautiful tank! Too bad I have “too many fish tanks” Two tanks is not enough I tell you! ?

Tell that to my wife... I’m at the two tanks is too many stage...

 

[Colin_T]

And for the record, I think everyone here should convert to inches, feet and gallons. Lol

Learn litres

Metric is more accurate than feet and inches. And as far as gallons go, do we use American or English gallons because they are different to each other?
3.785 litres in 1 US gallon
4.5 litres in a UK gallon

That is what happens when you have a war and leave merry old England. You go off on your own. You want your own weights and measures but can't think of anything, so you modify the existing ones.

 

[eatyourpeas]

It took for my kids to go to college to finally understand why I prefer metric. It is so logical!

 

[FFGuest6357]

I know my litres!

we learned metric all throughout school, and most liquid measurements were all metric when I was a chef.

it’s just that we use imperial for framing so much here, that’s what comes on all the blueprints.

 

[Colin_T]

Metric is nice and simple though.

DISTANCE
1 micron = 1/1000 millimeter (mm).
10 micron = 1/100mm
100 micron = 1/10mm
1000 microns = 1mm
10mm = 1 centimeter (cm)
100cm = 1 meter.
1000 meters = 1 kilometer (km).


VOLUME
1 millilitre (ml).
10ml
100ml
1000 millilitres = 1 litre.


WEIGHT
1 gram (gm)
10gm
100gm
1000 grams = 1 kilogram (kg).
1000kg = 1 tonne (ton).