Coralgurls tank build 180 - it's ALIVE

[Coralgurl]

I've been searching for some type of furniture for my fish room, not too big but something where I can sit and enjoy my tank. Up until today, if I wanted to sit, I'd grab a chair from the kitchen. Well Jason's boss asked we wanted his theater seating. I'm not too keen on this style of furniture but thought, meh, why not.

Brought it home and it doesn't work in our living room. Jason left 2 pieces in my fish room so I started playing around and this works here. Recliner, automan, cup holders, sweet. The room is actually meant as a dining area, we,ve used it for an office before setting up the tank, so it's not that big. But I'm loving this set up.

Now I really do need to skin the tank as well as find a way to make it quieter. Cripes the running water in the overflow is annoying.

Pics later.

[Coralgurl]

Well having a nice place to relax in front of the tank gives it a different perspective. Have noticed the tank isn't level anymore, water on one side is lower byat least 1/4". Tank runs across the joists and there's a beam just behind where it sits. Nothing noticeable changing in the floor, joists are good, no bending or warping. There's a post under the high side of the tank, do we need to reinforce the other?

The tank sits on carpet and the stand has adjustable feet for leveling. Any suggestions, concerns I should be looking for? Could this be the cause of my sump cracking? It's sits more towards the high side but only by 6".

Ideas?

[gregzz4]

1/4" over 6 feet isn't much to worry about, but it's a good thing to keep an eye on if it changes again
You could try re-levelling it with the stand feet, but do it in tiny bits and evenly between each foot to avoid scary things happening

No scary stuff yet, but let's think about the future
If it continues to sag to one side, are you able to put a jack post under it on the floor below ?

When we had a freshwater 6' 125g against a load-bearing 6" 2x wall.
Our tank still listed a bit to starboard (by the same as your 1/4"), and a bit aft
It was a bit disconcerting to stand in the middle of the room and be able to create waves by bouncing off our heels while keeping our toes on the floor .....
Our tank spanned most of the joists, but missed the last one

With a room width of over 12 feet, the joists just weren't meant to handle the weight

I thought about a post setup in the recroom but would have needed to build a cabinet where I didn't want one, just to hide the post - about 24" away from the load-bearing wall

I just kept the amount of traffic in our livingroom to a minimum and all was good

As for your sump cracking, it's hard to speculate
Do you think your stand shifted enough to crack the sump glass, but not affect your DT ?
Tough call, but I'd say not. The tank probably would have leaked first as it has larger panes

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

1/4" over 6 feet isn't much to worry about, but it's a good thing to keep an eye on if it changes again
You could try re-levelling it with the stand feet, but do it in tiny bits and evenly between each foot to avoid scary things happening

No scary stuff yet, but let's think about the future
If it continues to sag to one side, are you able to put a jack post under it on the floor below ?

When we had a freshwater 6' 125g against a load-bearing 6" 2x wall.
Our tank still listed a bit to starboard (by the same as your 1/4"), and a bit aft
It was a bit disconcerting to stand in the middle of the room and be able to create waves by bouncing off our heels while keeping our toes on the floor .....
Our tank spanned most of the joists, but missed the last one

With a room width of over 12 feet, the joists just weren't meant to handle the weight

I thought about a post setup in the recroom but would have needed to build a cabinet where I didn't want one, just to hide the post - about 24" away from the load-bearing wall

I just kept the amount of traffic in our livingroom to a minimum and all was good

As for your sump cracking, it's hard to speculate
Do you think your stand shifted enough to crack the sump glass, but not affect your DT ?
Tough call, but I'd say not. The tank probably would have leaked first as it has larger panes

I'm not sure it would be possible to adjust the feet with the tank and sump full of water. Would likely need to drain most of the water and even then not sure.

We could put a jack post under the other side if we had to. The room was a bedroom, but is just a spare area not in use. We could move the sump to the basement to reduce the weight.

Good point on the sump cracking, still weird it happened. Hard to keep the movement out of the room with 120lb dog who uses it as a launch/landing pad from the stairs to skip the hardwood floor. I'm going to mark the water level to keep an eye on it.

[Coralgurl]

Just messing around, crappy phone pic!

[noy]

looking good!

[kien]

Love that GSP wall!!