New tank slightly tilted, help!

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New tank slightly tilted, help! (/w pics now)

Hi all,

I just got myself a new 37-gal tank with stand, and I noticed after I filled it up :o that concerning the gap between the water level and the bottom of the top frame, there is a 1/4" difference in height between the rear-left and the front-right corners. The stand is on hard-wood flooring and yes, it's my floor that's warped.

Does it cause a big enough problem in that I should empty the tank and move it in a different place first thing tomorrow morning, or it should be okay until the first water change in a few days?

I don't really want to shim it, i'd rather just move it somewhere else, I just need to know if this slight difference can cause my tank to burst or something. :confused:

Thanks
 
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Being 1/4 inch out of level across the diagonal of the tank shouldn't put you in danger of bursting. I have a 50g that I put (unknowingly) over a floor joist that had dry rot. It got to be a full inch out of level before I gave up on shimming and moved it. The tank has suffered no ill effects. The floor joist is another matter :o
 
right now it prob won't matter. If you kept it that way for a long time it would def show up in the long run. A couple of days prob shouldn't hurt tho, depending ofcourse if you already see anything noticable.
 
Originally posted by Lazersniper
... depending ofcourse if you already see anything noticable.
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I don't want to jinx it, but no, it looks solid. It's a perfecto tank with a plastic top brace. Got a good deal on it at Wal-Mart, only $120CDN for the tank, hood, neon and stand so I said what the heck.

I'll empty out most of the water, (fish are in for the cycling) and move it to my room by the weekend. (I'll make sure to find a level spot too :) )
 
Be sure to get that water level way down before you move the tank, but that too (moving a tank with some water in it) can be done.

I recently had to move a 10gallon hex from one room to another. Rather than subject the fish within to the stress of capture, I just siphoned it down to about two inches of water, picked it up and carried it to its (temporary) new home. Again, even though hex tanks are not inherently the sturdiest shape, no problems with tank integrity.
 
That's right, I'd get the water level pretty low, and I'd move it with help from another person by the corner edges only. It shouldn't be too heavy for 2 people, nor should it cause any kind of stress on the glass
 
Here's a pic of the tank, and my old one that I need to take down. I'm using the goldfishes (incredibly hardy guys) and media from my old tank to cycle the new one.

aquarium1.jpg

The tilt of the waterline came out exagerated in the picture, I guess it's the angle of the shot. The water is actually pretty level front to back on this side.


Old tank (20-gal Hagen):
aquahagen1.jpg
 
The right side of the tank is higher than the left. Since you say it's pretty level front to back on that side, all you need to is slide a thin piece of wood under that side to shim it up.

I never used to pay attention to levelness of my tanks. Then I noticed the glass starting to bulge out a bit and quickly fixed that! I just set up a tank recently and used a level on it to check before adding any water to the tank.
 
I'm moving in 3 months anyway, I think that I'll just try to shift the stand a bit when I do the first water change this weekend (my goldfish are really messy) so that the rear-left corner goes down a bit.
 
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