My floor is crooked! How much tilt do you think will be safe in a 50 gallon? It is tilted forward a little bit about a few degrees. It is noticeable, but not obvious. Can I get away with it?
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It might be OK. but you'd be better off shimming the stand so it sits level. If it is a little off and someone bumps it, your tank could come crashing down. I wouldn't even consider "what you could get away with".
Perhaps attach a piece of beading along the front of your stand with some 'no more nails' that should stop it if ever it had the urge to slip a bit. Its designed to take a huge amount of pressure. you could pick up the beading and glue from a hardware store, and that wyay your not actually fastening the tank in anyway just taking away the risk.
Is you actual stand itself completely level? not bowing anywere?
Is you actual stand itself completely level? not bowing anywere?
Just found a protractor and measured it. It is a tilt of about 4-5 degrees. I checked the stand with a level when I was putting it together, so I am pretty sure it is the floor. I live in an older house so it isn't surprising.
Your right, I should just get some shims today and take care of it. Just some extra work. The angle didn't seem so much, but an "ounce of prevention...."
Does anyone put their tank on styrofoam when they put there tank on the stand? Is this a necessary step? Since I am going shopping today, I could pick a piece up.
Your right, I should just get some shims today and take care of it. Just some extra work. The angle didn't seem so much, but an "ounce of prevention...."
Does anyone put their tank on styrofoam when they put there tank on the stand? Is this a necessary step? Since I am going shopping today, I could pick a piece up.
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I never even hear of that...... nonetheless, I've never had styrofoam, and never had any problems in the least.... we're talking about 20+ years....
I put a peice of that pink sheet type insulation under the tank. I think of more of a just in case more than anything, but if there were any un-eveness in the tank to stand fitting then the styrofoam helps with that. For 5 bucks what can it hurt.
It depends on your tank, if you have a modern tank with a floating floor there is no need, but if you have an older tank which is just silicone sealed glass its a good idea. I have a sheet of polystyrene under my main tank it just helps if you have any inconsistencys in the glass or or stand surface, it evenly distributes the weight of the tank to reduce the risk of cracking the glass.
That just means the bottom pane of glass doesn't contact the surface the aquarium is sitting on. The bottom part of the frame raises it so that all of the aquarium's weight is at the edges.lark said:
if you can have a look under your tank, instead of the glass being flat on the bottom and touching the stand .i.e.if its an older tank that is just glass and sealant, with a flating floor the bottom glass dosen't touch the stand, its sort of got metal (normally) around the edges, sometimes with like a cross brace of metal underneath, which means that the weight of the water filled glass is sitting evenly on this. and you have like a little gap between the bottom bit of glass and the stand. if its a normal flat glass bottom tank then if you have any uneveness (can be tiny) the weight will not be distributed evenly, hence the polystyrene as this counteracts unevenness as like a cushion. Otherwise overtime it could but stress on the glass and it could crack. If you have a floating floor however you will have no need to do this as that is what a floating floor is designed for!