Thoughts on leveling tank stand on tile floor

[DesertReefT4r]

The OP says- "Stand is a Marineland cabinet style with the circumference contacting the floor."

His stand is not 4 points contacting the floor. The entire circunference of the cabinet is touching the floor,,, or supposed to be.

Dam see them I read other posts and my idea seem legit and fuctional. I guess I just need to go look at the stand to floor contact to make a fine plan of attack. I dont want a visable plywood sheet under the stand either, figured black foam yoga or shop mat would not be an eye sore. Teeter tooter is cause by under 1/8" mor like 1/16" uneven tile ed ness.

So good info here on both sides of the discussion.:bounce3:

 

[RCS82]

If the stand is like the one in the diagram above then a shim in each corner is all that's needed. If there is a 200 gallon sump full of live rock going in the stand then I would add a center shim also for good measure.

 

[Fish on]

Ok I have a stupid question. If the floor is actually level, but one tile sticks ups more than the one next to it, wouldn't that make the stand not level? So if the foam is just meant to relieve pressure points and not to level the stand, wouldn't it still be out of level?

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Ok I have a stupid question. If the floor is actually level, but one tile sticks ups more than the one next to it, wouldn't that make the stand not level? So if the foam is just meant to relieve pressure points and not to level the stand, wouldn't it still be out of level?

How do I word this so it can be understood easily?

We're talking minor differences between individual tiles I believe.

If the predominance of the tiles were approximately the same height overall, with only one of two high spots - responsible
for the rocking, the weight on top of the >ply - foam < would pressure force a levelling. The high spots would sink into the foam.
The majority of tiles the the same height would dominate. And with ply on top, the entirity of the cabinet will be in contact with the floor it's sitting on.

 

[Dsekula]

I used a 1" thick piece of foam insulation between the stand and tank for mine. Fill and wait a day or two for areas to compress then check again. Mine was leveled out after about a week but was 90% in two days. Haven't had any issues yet but only lives here three years.

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