Euro bracing on 30" deep tank

[walkerbrody]

Im concidering euro bracing on my 225 im ordering from ocea. Due to the depth of the tank at 30" Im wondering if euro bracing will make reaching the sand even more difficult. I will have a full canopy. What type of bracing do you think would be the best

 

[The0wn4g3]

What other bracing styles are on the table? If you are going to have a full canopy on the tank, aka you aren't going to see trim to bracing, I'd just go with the basic trim. Euro-bracing only really shines when it's an open-topped tank.
At the same time, it never bother me on larger tanks. The process of getting your entire arm soaking wet it much more annoying than reaching around the 3" of euro-bracing, IMO. It's somewhat nice tough, because you have a little tray to set things on while working on the tank, too

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I opted for euro-bracing because I did not want any plastic support (a cross member) under or near my metal halide lamps. I have seen these plastic supports age and become brittle prematurely by being exposed to metal halide lighting.

Euro-bracing can come in handy as a tray like The0wn4g3 said, but I find it kinda annoying because it makes it harder to clean coralline algea on the upper part of the tank. I have a strong Hammerhead magnet cleaner, but some coralline are quite stubborn and require me to use a cleaner with a long handle. The long handled cleaner is not exactly easy to use with the euro-bracing in place. If you are a tall guy with long arms, you may find it not as bad, though.

 

[shirley386]

I use a little blade scraper like you use to clean off paint from window panes. The little hand held one works fine for under the Euro bracing and for as deep as you can reach. I have another one on a long handle to get the coralline that is deeper and down at the sand line.