Aquarium stand top unlevel

[electricreef]

Hi everyone. One of my first posts on here. So I am currently building my second reef aquarium (150 gallon all starphire glass/ euro braced to be exact) and the stand was all square and plumb until I screwed the 3/4” plywood to the top. This leads me to believe that the plywood has a wave or some unevenness to it. Now that it’s on, the plywood has a crown to it. It’s highest point is in the middle and it tapers downward towards the left and right edges. Variance equates to about 3/32” of an inch or almost an 1/8th of an inch. Now I’ve heard that you can put foam under the tank and that will help reduce/eliminate any of the stress associated from the top being uneven. I have 1” thick foam that came with the aquarium from SCA and I will probably reach out to Steve at SCA to see if that foam will work better than the little 1/8th inch stand foam that came with the aquarium. Just curious as to what everyone else’s thoughts are on this. Thanks in advance and happy reefing!

 

[jsker]

I would suggest replacing the plywood with cabinet grade plywood