Need help with new in wall

[VanJuKy]

Hi there,

I have just put water in my 96" long 300 gallon reef. It is an in wall build and for some reason I am out by 1/2 inch from end to end. How do I level my tank when it is an in wall. I don't want to start ripping drywall etc out. I am stumped. I have 1 inch blue styrofoam board under it. Glass is 5/8 thick. I built the thing so solid and it is part of the wall.

Any ideas?

Justin

 

[dave.m]

Three hundred gallons is a lot of water on the floor. I would suggest you take the tank out and shore up the stand so it is level. If the deck/top of your stand is solid, e.g. plywood, you don't need the styrofoam, and you shouldn't be relying on it to make your tank level in the first place. But there is no doubt that a glass tank will eventually succumb to a half inch difference out of level.

Dave.M

 

[slief]

The only thing I could think of that may work but is risky would be to use a bottle jack and a 4x4 on the low corners of the tank support to jack up the ends of the stand separating the vertical supports from the horizontal framing just below the tank until the tank is level. The use wood shims followed by framing straps between the tank support framing and the uprights to fill in and support the voids. Without seeing your stand framing, there is no way of knowing if this will work.

 

[worm5406]

I assume the frame was level before the tank.

Could the foam board crushed too much on one edge?

 

[guserto4]

1/2" over 8' sounds like a time bomb. Empty and reassess.

 

[peppie]

IMO
It would be better if you drained the tank now, and fix it.
As opposed to the tank draining itself in the future

 

[VanJuKy]

Tank was drained and the top of the base was removed and adjusted with shims and new studs. 100% level now.

 

[worm5406]

Good!!

Lets see it!

 

[VanJuKy]

Here is a picture from today. I shimmed the outer 2x4. What you don't see is the 6 new 2x4's inside running perpendicular underneath the top. The vertical inner 2x4's have beenchanged as well.

 

[worm5406]

Question.. Before you add water.. How are you going to get the sump in there?