Shimming my tank, does this look okay?

[heuerfan]

My basement floor is extremely unleveled. In order to get my tank level, I had to stack 3 composite shims together in order to get the right height.

The tank was off by 3/4" from side to side, and front to back was okay. I plan to add more shims but want to get your feedback since this is my first time shimming a tank. Does this look okay? Would you add or do anything else?

Thanks,
Steven

Tank is level now at every point.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Just make sure there aren't any gaps between the stand and the floor. Otherwise, if it's level then it's good.

 

[mannysmusic]

nice looking tank by the way! i love the rimless ones.. tuff to say if this would be safe, but i would think its ok.. but thats a guess.

 

[Editour2]

I personally would be more comfortable with one sold piece handling the load to make the tank level rather than 4 separate shims, (just my opinion).

 

[heuerfan]

I personally would be more comfortable with one sold piece handling the load to make the tank level rather than 4 separate shims, (just my opinion).

I am getting more tonight and will shim the entire side and some of the front and back to be on the safe side.

Hard to use a solid piece, I thought about doing that first.

 

[Editour2]

If the entire side is off by 3/4" then you could shave a 2x3 or 2x4 down to the appropriate size using a table saw and shim the entire stand in 1 shot. I have my 215 gal tank in my garage fish room. The floor in the garage is NOT level regarding front to back AND side to side.....it was a nightmare but the first thing I did was build the stand to be level....this way when I placed the tank on the stand there were no issues.

 

[divebri69]

I'd like to throw my two cents in with the solid piece camp.
If the whole side is off by any one constant value, I'd cut a strip of plywood to the minimum average offset- say a strip of 1/2" , or a strip of 3/4" plywood as a 'base'; then shim from that.
Good Luck,
Brian

 

[pecan2phat]

Hey Steven :wave:

Getting back into wrasses?

 

[heuerfan]

Hey Steven :wave:

Getting back into wrasses?

Hey Warren, been a long time!

Hahaha yes definitely :thumbsup:


Thanks to everyone for their advise, I ended up picking up more shims and will fill all the gaps.