it has to stay in this room unfortunately. boy am i gonna have fun trying to relevel this thing....
go to home depot and get some composite shims, in the building / construction department, usually near lumber and cinderblocks, less than $5 for a pack. I have a 29 stand like that and setting on styrofoam made it unstable. The composite shims can be slipped under the low side during a water change if you have someone to help you, and range from about 1/16th of an inch to a quarter inch thickness. That's how I leveled my 29 before my foundation got leveled
wouldn't those break down just as easy as the wood did? they look plasticy but i've never used them before so not sure
wish i knew that before setting it up! i thought the wood would be stronger, guess not
They are great. Far superior to wood.
Do you set the tank itself on the styrofoam or the tank stand on it? Is the idea that the water will find level and push down the styrofoam more in one area than another to force a level setting? I'm about to set up a 75 gallon tank. I live in a townhouse built in the 1970s. It's ...mostly...level but i'm sure it won't be 100%- I will be setting the stand/tank on hardwood floor, so that part is good, but was wondering what I should do to ensure it's level. Lord knows I don't want all that water eventually on that floor
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I use them to build fountains and they don't break down there. With concrete basins on them and water running over them, but it's your call.
Hello. Unless the tank is grossly unlevel, like an inch or more, i wouldn't worry about it. I would think you could easily level a tank that small during one of your weekly, large water changes. Dropping the water by half or two-thirds should make it fairly easy to carefully lift one side and use some wooden shims to level it. You'll need someone's help to position the shim. You shouldn't try to do the job by yourself.
Hello again. A fish tank that's not level by an inch or more, may not have any problems for sometime. Over a longer time, the plastic seams and the adhesive could move because you're emptying and filling the tank pretty often and you don't want to have a sudden mess on the floor and have to move fish or whatever else you have in the tank in a hurry. I mean, what if your tank goes south when you're asleep? I wouldn't leave anything to chance. Get some help and drain the water. Shim one side. It won't take that long and you'll sleep better.
