How much lean b4 you shim up the stand?

kari · #1 02-01-2006, 02:27 AM

, I found one wall in my house that was actually plumb when it was built.

If the tank is sitting on a wood framed floor, the floor is probably sagging or the stand is not built square. If it's the stand, shim it to sit plum, surface level and flat. If it's the floor I'd look at supporting it with additional framing. Use a 3' or 4' carpenters level to scope out level-a-tude. A carpenters type square to check if the stand frame was built square.

kari · #2 02-01-2006, 02:32 AM

Oops, to answer the question I would say make it as level as you can.

Myanth · #3 02-01-2006, 02:47 AM

I built a metal stand out of square 1"square tubing on the top and shelf and 1 1/4 round pipe legs with 1 inch threaded rod attached to feet so that the pipe legs stand on the nut on the rod. I hope that made sense cuz I don't have a picture.

Anyways.... I knew my slab wasn't level because I have um.... water leveled it before

and this way I could adjust for any plumb/level issues. stands perfect now. Might be an idea as I know a few people who after all their original messing around, found that the loaded tank caused a settling of sorts that resulted in an uneasy lean.

my $0.02
Mike

TheReefGeek · #4 02-01-2006, 02:51 AM

Make sure you put foam (3/4" pink stuff from the hardware store works) between the stand and the tank as well.

Osiris · #5 02-01-2006, 04:49 AM

The way I leveled my 120 is I filled up my aquarium 1 inch above the bottom, made a mark on a piece of scrap Red Oak that I trued on my chopsaw and went all around the tank and shimmed accordingly.

Wayne.