How to best level 90Gal on uneven floor

[Pleeadeez]

So I am going to be setting up a 90 gallon tank that sits on an old antique cabinet that has 4 thick legs. It will sit on a floor or mexican paver tiles that are not exactly flat and even. What do you people here recommend using under the cabinet to help level it out without looking bad (like a shim) and that will be strong enough for the weight?

Thanks!

 

[davocean]

We use shims, cedar or composite.
Make sure that cabinet will support tank, that's a bit of weight

 

[JammyBirch]

Ya shims but I wouldn't use old furniture for a stand. To risky, tank stands are designed for the weight of a tank, furniture is designed for dinner plates.

 

[vhuang168]

I shimmed my stand for my 40g. Took a 3/4 hardwood ply in 1 corner to fully level it both ways.

 

[Pleeadeez]

We use shims, cedar or composite.
Make sure that cabinet will support tank, that's a bit of weight

Yeah - this cabinet has been used for this purpose for years in another house with the same size tank (though it got cracked upon moving it to my house - I had to buy a replacement tank). I inherited the whole setup when the guy had to move and couldnt bring with it. Its an old antique piece of hardwood furniture that is very sturdy - modified for this purpose. Im having it stripped and re-sealed though as the internal surface needed some TLC.

 

[davocean]

Cool, post pics when done, I'm a woodworker w/ a good appreciation for just such things.

 

[Pleeadeez]

Cool, post pics when done, I'm a woodworker w/ a good appreciation for just such things.

Will do. Wish you lived nearby. I had hoped to restore it myself (had a lot of salt corrosion on the inside through the paint that had been put on in there. Outside had a bit. The inside sat a sump tank with all the filtering and whatnot (Im still learning). Its mahogany and apparently very very old. But I frankly know little about how to go about such things restoring wood and so I ended up finding someone up here that works restoring antique furniture and they know what its for, so they are stripping and sealing the inside and cleaning and restoring the outside. This is all a new venture for me my brother in law is helping me with.

 

[davocean]

Nice, mahogany holds up well for marine use, that is what most of my tank cabinet builds are made of, I'm sure it will look great when finished.