Left drilled overflow not draining

[Reef junky 305]

I just moved my 175 bowfront to my new house its on its original stand...i have carpet.i set it up put the sand and checked the level with a measuring tape from the roof down and of the wall and everything was almost exact...after i filled with water and sand and the rock its lower on the right..and my left drilled over flow is not draining well its jusd dripping......could it be the the slant....thanks for the help

 

[Yaryman]

Did you check the level with a level?

 

[undertai]

Either not level. Or some (snail) stuck in piping.

 

[saltysailor2329]

Personally I don't think measuring off the ceiling or wall is sufficient. I think you need to level with a level. I leveled my tank multiple times from when I originally placed the tank, to adding rock and sand through the water filling process.

 

[vair]

Your roof (it's a ceiling) and walls have can't be used to level any thing.

 

[Cove Beach]

Also a tank sitting on carpet is going to shift as you load it and over time as the padding is crushed. Also when you do drain the tank to level it place the level on the bare glass bottom not the top rail as the top rail is probably not parallel with the tank bottom anyway. With dual corner overflows you need to be near perfect to get them to drain evenly.

 

[Badkarma88]

Like the others have said, its best to just check it with a level.

 

[worm5406]

+1 to not being level. Look at the water level next to each drain you will prob see that it is slightly off.

 

[Bilk]

Tank on carpet = no

 

[sfsuphysics]

I always like to use the water in the tank as the level, granted start off simple with a half inch of water to check first, but if it's full measure how high the water is to the top of the stand.

 

[undertai]

If you don't want to drain the tank. You can try and cut off a piece of the overflow to make it lower.

 

[Reef junky 305]

Thanks everyone i used some shims and wood and got it going