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Originally Posted by Sasq40 (Post 896033)

Well I don't really want feet on it because I want the weight distributed evenly across the whole surface since I'm running parallel to my floor joist and hit 2-3 joist

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not that big of a tank, sheeting on the floor will spread load over joists

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Originally Posted by monza (Post 896041)

Yes he's sure. Should be good to go with foam.
Curious on your center pipes drains and returns, looks interesting, what do you have going on there?

Yeah the box is my overflow. Basically right now I have a Herbie system going, but the box was originally made for a Durso so that's why it's large. So I have one dry emergency drain and the other two are returns. I'm going to drill out some macro rock I have and slide it over the lines to cover them

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Originally Posted by Maverick00 (Post 896044)

This happens when the tank is full of water? Mine was unstable on the carpet until it was full and it settled nicely. I had to keep an eye on where i located it though, some parts of the floor have a minor concrete hump underneath that was causing a wobble. As far as shims, I would try to use plastic playing cards for the corners causing the issue. They will not compress and are used to shim the slate on pool tables.

It did the first time. But then the tank wasn't level. So going to try levelling the tank, then filling and see if the weight makes it stable

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Well the Styrofoam helped quite a bit! No where near as much movement before but there's still more then I want. At first I thought maybe it was shaky from the weight on my floor, but if I go up to the tank I can shake it. Would shims be the best way to get this baby to stop moving. I did try some shims the other night before bed and couldn't seem to make it much better, was debating leg boating the tank to the floor if my wife let's me lol

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Originally Posted by Sasq40 (Post 896227)

was this with water in the tank?

Yeah water in it, I'm hoping after a day with water it settled on the carpet to make it stable, but I'm doubtful lol

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Be careful
A tank with water in it that is able to rock, will break after a while. The glass will separate from the other panes or break.

Yeah that's why I'm trying to get ride of the Wobble, working on it as we speak :-) or err type Lol

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Would the fact that I can shake the tank with my hands prove that it's not the floor that's the actual floor moving, right?

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might be time to rethink the stand

After almost two months of working on it in my limited space time and two trip to the Er I'm going to make this stand work

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