ugh water level uneven

afamousjohnson · May 22, 2015

Always something aye lol. Leak tested the big tank up on the stand today. After I filled it up noticed my water level slanted a 1/4" from right to left. Front to back is on. I think its the carpet as the stand was leveled out.
Should I just shim up the low side? I dont have the energy to put anymore work into this stand like taking it all back down and sanding and sanding and so on lol and so on. Guess the shim is really my only option. I actually just wanna say heck with it and just leave it but prolly better to at least shim.

What do you all think. I know there are prolly tons of slightly slanted tanks out there

FL_Reefer · May 22, 2015

I would shim it, all of my tanks stands are shimed.

allboutthe305 · May 22, 2015

Same here FL_Reefer. My floor isn't level so I had to compensate for that. I would just shim it.

afamousjohnson · May 22, 2015

super sweet - thanks u2 ya I'll just end up shimming the low side

Reefing Madness · May 22, 2015

mine is uneven also, I didn't do anything for it. I just try to keep the tank full, above the trim, so you can't see it.

NanaReefer · May 22, 2015

Mine's not level either. Unfortunately I didn't notice during leak test. Now it's been running for almost a year. Hasn't gotten any worse so I've left it alone.

allboutthe305 · May 22, 2015

Reefing Madness said:
mine is uneven also, I didn't do anything for it. I just try to keep the tank full, above the trim, so you can't see it.

That's one way to do it. Lol.

4FordFamily · May 22, 2015

allboutthe305 said:
That's one way to do it. Lol.

When I was younger, I would tell my dad about some bad noise my truck made, and he wound reply with "turn the radio up"

Reefing Madness · May 22, 2015

A picture is worth a thousands words, I believe the saying is.

allboutthe305 · May 22, 2015

lol 3fordfamily

Reefing Madness said:
A picture is worth a thousands words, I believe the saying is.

You nailed it right on the money. Wish I had your tank. Beautiful btw. Definitely can't tell with the canopy. But my OCD wouldn't let me sleep at night knowing it's not level.

allboutthe305 · May 22, 2015

Lol 3fordfamily. Something my dad would say.

Reefing Madness · May 22, 2015

allboutthe305 said:
**** 3fordfamily

You nailed it right on the money. Wish I had your tank. Beautiful btw. Definitely can't tell with the canopy. But my OCD wouldn't let me sleep at night knowing it's not level.

ROFL, I hear ya.

Major_oak · May 23, 2015

3fordfamily said:
When I was younger, I would tell my dad about some bad noise my truck made, and he wound reply with "turn the radio up"

Hmmm ford in the name and telling a car related story. Have I found a fellow car enthusiast on R2R? Ford all the way. I've. Got a 1998 mustang gt. Sorry know this is off subject but had to say something.

afamousjohnson · May 23, 2015

Everything happens for a reason. The OP has a '69 coupe stang in the driveway lol

hybridazn · May 23, 2015

My 180 sits uneven as well, About 1/4". Drives me nuts but it happened after the tank was already set up.

afamousjohnson · May 23, 2015

So I was thinking about shimming it to get the 1/4" I need to level but I am on carpet - I imagine it will still help but will it cause any probs.

allboutthe305 · May 23, 2015

Not that I know of. I used a level on my sisters 120g on carpet and it worked out fine.

With all the weight of rock and water it's shouldn't change much unless your floor / carpet is like a parking lot of speedbumps