tank is sloping forward... - Page 4

Canadian Man · #31 05-07-2003, 03:43 AM

so how much water did you end up taking out? How much did you put the shims in?
Fill us in man!

Fishster · #32 05-07-2003, 01:27 PM

It may have helped a bit if the foam you used was the white expanded type. The 1" insulation type is generally too dense for levelling. But it still would not make up for 1/4" off level.

Quinn · #33 05-07-2003, 01:29 PM

i took about 1.5 of those barrels out, basically had about 3" of water left in the main tank. then we used one of those big 5' long crowbar things to lever the tank up, and slid the shims underneath. i actually lost one because i slid it too far but there was no way i was reaching under that thing while my dad struggled to hold it up. anyways tonight i have to go get more shims for the middle, as there is a fairly large space there. but at least the job is done.

Bartman · #34 05-07-2003, 06:31 PM

Did you shim the tank or the stand?

Trevor Robertson · #35 05-08-2003, 11:14 PM

man I hate to read this as I think about my tank it is lower on the left side of the tank a bit less then 1/2 inch.

It has been up for over a month now and I have been watching it and now problems noted yet. What is the worst that could happen???

I really don't want to move it.

Quinn · #36 05-08-2003, 11:25 PM

i shimmed the stand itself.

no one seems to have any stories about how a leaning tank could cause a problem, and the physics of it don't seem too dangerous to me, but i didn't want to chance it. like tangoman said, no point in going this far, spending all this money and time, and then having the tank break over something as simple as this. it really was quite painless to fix it. of course, i had the necessary water containment vessels, and an extra mag9.5.

Bob I · #37 05-09-2003, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevor Robertson

man I hate to read this as I think about my tank it is lower on the left side of the tank a bit less then 1/2 inch.

It has been up for over a month now and I have been watching it and now problems noted yet. What is the worst that could happen???

I really don't want to move it.

My tanks are on the bottom level of my townhouse, and because the floor drain is in that room the concrete slopes slightly toward the drain. My tanks all have some slope to them, and it has not been a problem.

AJ_77 · #38 05-09-2003, 04:18 AM

My 50g slopes a bit front-to-back, as I planned for the carpet tack strip. Then I moved the stand out from the wall a bit, and missed the strip...

It's a bugger to get under there and try to adjust it now, but I'll figure something out. It's also in the basement.

Trevor Robertson · #39 05-09-2003, 04:27 AM

ya my tank is in the Basement as well, so what ever but it is on brand new carpet so...

well I just won't tell my wife that is could be a problem...:-)

Canadian Man · #40 05-09-2003, 05:08 AM

Well my new 230 is in the basement as well and I HAD to make some mods to the stand so it was level.. all 4 legs were diffrent heights.