I sleep o.k. at night, but, something I'v enoticed is disconcerting.
My guess is it's from the fact it's spring, the ground is thawing and the house is settling. I haven't measured exactly, but, there's probably between 1/8" - 1/4" difference in the water level end to end on my 6 ft tank. It's a very gradual increase. With at the middle maybe only 1/8" difference, and then slowly climbing to the 1/4" mark.
I got the level out and checked the level. The bubble is between the center lines . (whew..) But, the bubble is right on the border of the left line. Meaning if I raise the right side about 1/8" - 1/4" the bubble gets dead on center.
The stand is a steal stand, 4 legs. For safety and weight distribution there's around 1/2" sheet of solid plywood for the legs to stand on. The plywood helps distribute the weight and not just have 4 legs trying to punch through the floor.
I noticed that there's a slight drop in the floor. Like the floor itself had been patched with a new floor base, and they did a really crappy job making sure the floor was level. I don't think there's any structural issues with the floor in that the tank runs perpendicular to the floor joices and for whatever reason the floor has 12" braces. It'd probably support a 2 ton weight. Not to mention the tank is right next to an outside wall. I did everything right in making sure the floor could support it.
So, do I need to be concerned at all about a little more water being on one side of the tank. Will there be any structural issues to the glass itself? It's been fine for 4 -5 months, and there's no signs of leaking or anything. It was level before it was filled, but, my guess is the water weight caused changes in carpet, padding, plywood, etc.
Should I be concerned?
My guess is it's from the fact it's spring, the ground is thawing and the house is settling. I haven't measured exactly, but, there's probably between 1/8" - 1/4" difference in the water level end to end on my 6 ft tank. It's a very gradual increase. With at the middle maybe only 1/8" difference, and then slowly climbing to the 1/4" mark.
I got the level out and checked the level. The bubble is between the center lines . (whew..) But, the bubble is right on the border of the left line. Meaning if I raise the right side about 1/8" - 1/4" the bubble gets dead on center.
The stand is a steal stand, 4 legs. For safety and weight distribution there's around 1/2" sheet of solid plywood for the legs to stand on. The plywood helps distribute the weight and not just have 4 legs trying to punch through the floor.
I noticed that there's a slight drop in the floor. Like the floor itself had been patched with a new floor base, and they did a really crappy job making sure the floor was level. I don't think there's any structural issues with the floor in that the tank runs perpendicular to the floor joices and for whatever reason the floor has 12" braces. It'd probably support a 2 ton weight. Not to mention the tank is right next to an outside wall. I did everything right in making sure the floor could support it.
So, do I need to be concerned at all about a little more water being on one side of the tank. Will there be any structural issues to the glass itself? It's been fine for 4 -5 months, and there's no signs of leaking or anything. It was level before it was filled, but, my guess is the water weight caused changes in carpet, padding, plywood, etc.
Should I be concerned?
