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11-03-2010, 02:17 PM
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Alright, I have issues!
I filled the tank last night and no leaks. Problem is where the tank is, the floor is not level. (sloped down towards the front of the tank) This normally wouldn't be a huge issue but this tanks water level normally sits about 0.25" from the top. With the level issue the water sits right at the edge of the tank. This will not work. So i need to figure out a way to level it out. Thinking 2 small screw jacks underneath. (i used a car sissor jack temp last night) Second problem is I am having a difficult time balancing the drain valve so the water levels are maintained in the overflow and sump. I probably screwed around with it for 2 hours and could not get it right. Help! lol 
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11-03-2010, 03:12 PM
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doing a bit of reading on RC
It seems I should have a 3 way valve or T with a valve on my return line, so i can bypass some of the return to fine tune the balance between the 2 tanks. (and dump the bypassed water back into the sump) This sound like the way to go?
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11-03-2010, 04:32 PM
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On my tank I used shimming stock from home Depot. You get it down by the windows and door section. I thought about using feet for adjustments as well but then there is a lot of weight put onto those screw points and they would fail eventually (my .02c)
Nice looking tank if I do another smaller tank I'm gonna try to copy it
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11-03-2010, 05:22 PM
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I thought about using window and door cedar shims. I have some in the garage.
However due to the design of this stand, I can't. The bottom of the stand has a hidden compartment for wiring etc.. The only place to use the shims would be underneath each side (.75" plywood) and would be visible when looking at the front of the tank. I am going to try the screw jacks and see how it works out. Its a cheap and easy fix. Will post some pics tonight. I am also going to change around my plumbing a bit too. And possibly replace the ball valve on my drain with a gate valve allowing finer adjustment. Add a return bypass using the valve going to my reactor. I don't think it makes alot of sense to have that valve there since if I turn it off I will have to re balance the system...do not want Last edited by legendboy; 11-03-2010 at 05:25 PM.
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11-04-2010, 03:31 AM
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Alright so to level this tank I grabbed a scrap peice of .108" stainless channel from work and bought the cheap screw jacks. Had to cut myself some plywood shims, ended up needing 4 on each side.
Here is what it looked like before  Cutting the c channel to length at home.  Pic of $8 dollars worth of cheap chinese machinist jacks (rated to 1k lb each)  So this is what i used minus 4 shims. I used the large scissor jack to raise the stand, then let it down on the leveling jacks. Took 4 tries to get it lvl front to back and side to side.  This is what each side looks like. Can't see the channel but it is up underneath and runs the full width.  Nice cloudy water! Aquavitro?  And what the sump plumbing looks like now  Took me 5 mins to get the tanks balanced. I have noticed that the system is somewhat self balancing. Anyways I am pretty happy now! Last edited by legendboy; 11-04-2010 at 02:32 PM.
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