Rimless vs Euro brace - pros and cons with maintenance?

[jc-reef]

I find that it depends on your flow. I run surges, waves, circulating currents, etc... and I find rimless to be very very constraining.

A 3" rim is barely noticeable on my 96" x 34" completely open surface. I find the glare from the MHs to be more distracting actually. But it serves a great purpose in avoiding spills.

I'm running a new "rimless" Rubbermaid tank and I can barely run waves unless I want to drop the water level 5". It's a real hassle. The overflow is only capable of so much and it can't control flow all around the tank. I'm actually looking to add a lip intentionally to remove that constraint.

karimwasse - I was hoping to hear back from some hobbyist's with larger tanks which typically have greater flow. I know I will be having quite a bit of current/flow with lots of surface agitation plus the added strength that automatically goes with it to handle that additional flow would be a huge plus for me after dealing with a 300DD tank seam fail. Thanks for your input.

Care to share a couple photos karimwasse? I would like to see a FTS of your display and maybe a top angle down of the brace. Thanks :beer:

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[jc-reef]

Rimless all the way!

Seriously, just be careful when cleaning towards the top of the tank and you should be fine. No spills!

gveng - what size display do you run?

 

[jc-reef]

4' is not "huge" but you need to do whatever makes you happy. Just don't look back

JTL - Well if you consider most people are 6' tall or less, most would ever see the top of my tank that would sit on a 4' tall stand (really 50" after top) with a display 24-30" tall. I'm 6'5" and had to look up at the surface of my 300DD.

I'm simply weighing the pros and cons that go with a rimless tank and looking for other hobbyist's input that have personal experiences with them...especially ones that have had both types and ones with larger displays similar to the one I am getting :reading:

 

[karimwassef]

Here are my threads... lots of pics and vids.
I had a surge also

Last Tank Thread -
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2545088

First Designs Build Thread -
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2217933

Actual Build Thread -
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2229274

 

[jc-reef]

^ The links are showing an error...not sure what is going on?

 

[karimwassef]

Fixed them