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Bobo2020
05/14/2005, 10:49 PM
I am looking to get a new tank however I want it a certain way, but don't know that proper terminology. Currently I have a glass tank that is eurobraced. I want another eurobraced glass tank as well. But I don't want a tank with the black rim around the top and bottom like a lot of tanks have on them. Id there a specific name for tanks without the black plastic rim around the top and bottom. Any help woould be great

Steve
Jean-yus
05/14/2005, 10:50 PM
Originally posted by Bobo2020
I am looking to get a new tank however I want it a certain way, but don't know that proper terminology. Currently I have a glass tank that is eurobraced. I want another eurobraced glass tank as well. But I don't want a tank with the black rim around the top and bottom like a lot of tanks have on them. Id there a specific name for tanks without the black plastic rim around the top and bottom. Any help woould be great

Steve

most places call them Acrylic, they also go by Lexan.

:D
Bobo2020
05/14/2005, 10:53 PM
acrylic? You mean the tank...I want a glass tank, just without the plastic black rim around the top and bottom.
NicoleC
05/15/2005, 12:57 AM
They are sometimes called frameless tanks.
NwG
05/15/2005, 01:05 AM
Frameless / trimless.. They look much better IMO...
Bobo2020
05/15/2005, 03:09 AM
I think so too...thanks for the inout everyone
29reef
05/15/2005, 11:06 AM
Frameless, trimless, Euro style bracing. All of these dont have that plastic rim on them.
Jean-yus
05/15/2005, 11:13 AM
They look best with Black silicon IMO
Bobo2020
05/15/2005, 12:15 PM
Now what about a floating bottom or whatever they call it, is it worth it. What are the benefits, drawbacks
Entropy
05/15/2005, 12:50 PM
I don't think the bottom is worth it unless you are going bare bottom. Usually the trim is just hiding an inch of the sandbed anyway. I prefer the peace of mind of a one piece trim along the bottom myself.
Detritivore
05/15/2005, 07:21 PM
euro and trimless are not the same...euro still has a lip of glass going around the perimeter of the tank.

whats a floating bottom?
29reef
05/15/2005, 10:16 PM
If it was me who you interprited as saying that then I am sorry because that is not what I ment. I think that a floating bottom is when all four sides are glued on top of the bottom rather than to the sides od the bottom. I could be wrong tho..
Entropy
05/15/2005, 10:49 PM
That was my take as well. When the bottom is inside the sides. I have never really seen a tank built like that though.