How level is level enough?

[Barry_Cuda]

I've had to shim up the front of the BioCube, but even with composite shims on both sides inserted to their thickest point, it's still not quite level front-to-back. Can anyone confirm that it needs to be more level than this before I fill the tank?. Here's what it looks like right now:

 

[PDR]

I wouldn't be comfortable with that.

 

[Matthew Frost]

How big is this tank?

 

[dugthefish]

That's nowhere close to level. Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with anything less than a nat's rear end

 

[Barry_Cuda]

I wouldn't be comfortable with that.

That's kind of what I thought people might say. I went ahead and inserted another shim on each side and the bubble is pretty nicely centered now.

 

[Matthew Frost]

How much are you shimming this tank/stand? A bio cube shouldn't require a whole lot of shinning.

 

[mrpizzaface]

You want the bubble to be equidistant between the lines. The bubble should not be closer to one or the other line. You are looking for level, not a degree of level( not really a thing).

 

[hdsoftail1065]

That's exactly how the water will sit in your tank, it took a little over one shim on mine to level it out. When you say leveling the front of the Biocube you do mean the stand right?

 

[Barry_Cuda]

How big is this tank?

It's a 32.

 

[Barry_Cuda]

That's exactly how the water will sit in your tank, it took a little over one shim on mine to level it out. When you say leveling the front of the Biocube you do mean the stand right?

Yes, I'm inserting the shims under the feet of the stand.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Yes, I'm inserting the shims under the feet of the stand.

Nice, hated to ask but you never know.

 

[Barry_Cuda]

OK, thanks, everybody for confirming my suspicion. After a second pair of shims and some fiddling, the bubble is exactly centered.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Great tank by the way, we really like ours. Glad you got it leveled out.

 

[Barry_Cuda]

Yes, I'm really liking the look of it. Can't wait to get it filled and cycled!