Shimming stand

[Areeflover]

Is this safe??

 

[xxkenny90xx]

You want to shim it with that rock? ;Cyclops

 

[Areeflover]

You want to shim it with that rock? ;Cyclops

Lol noooo the rock is a temporary door stop.. this tank is set up temporarily. While I get my 90 up and running. It was my moms. She didn’t want it anymore

 

[Uncle99]

Is this safe??

No, that’s not safe.
Lots weight in water and you want ALL of the stand on the existing floor to “spread” out the weight more evenly.
Flat on the floor is best.

 

[Areeflover]

No, that’s not safe.
Lots weight in water and you want ALL of the stand on the existing floor to “spread” out the weight more evenly.

How would I go about that??

 

[Areeflover]

Should I add more shims all along the edge.. the weight is on the edge of the tank not the middle . Correct?

 

[Uncle99]

The weight is better, spread out over the entire bottom of your stand, each time we stick in a shim, we lessen its ability to “spread” out the load.

SHims are for more minor adjustments.
The floor is not level, by at least 1/2”

Ideally, you should have support all the way around.

If the tank is small, not really an issue as much.

 

[Areeflover]

Take out all shims, check levels now.
It can only be out of level in two directions, so that’s 4 shims.
Adjust length, adjust width
In the pics like many shims, I see double shims, look like 1/2” off the floor.
Flat on the floor is best.

 

[Areeflover]

It’s already full??

 

[Areeflover]

do I need to drain? I will

 

[salty joe]

You'd have to scribe it to make it flat. It doesn't look like the bottom of that stand lends itself to scribing.

How far out of level is the floor?

 

[Areeflover]

Probably 3/8 to 1/2 inch

 

[Areeflover]

I originally only put 4 shim stacks to level it. I put all the extras just for support

 

[Areeflover]

The weight is better, spread out over the entire bottom of your stand, each time we stick in a shim, we lessen its ability to “spread” out the load.

SHims are for more minor adjustments.
The floor is not level, by at least 1/2”

Ideally, you should have support all the way around.

If the tank is small, not really an issue as much.

It’s 56gal

 

[Uncle99]

Ya, I see that pic.
No need to drain...Ya, that’s not big, but as you said, more support where possible.
Going to look crap.

 

[Areeflover]

Ya, I see that pic.
No need to drain...Ya, that’s not big, but as you said, more support where possible.
Going to look crap.

Okay. There probably 50 shims all the way around. It’s only gonna be like that for a couple weeks

 

[Uncle99]

Okay. There probably 50 shims all the way around. It’s only gonna be like that for a couple weeks

Temp is better, I was thinking more about long term....