Unlevel tank advice

[Dert42]

Hello,

Setting up my new to me 65g. Unfilled the tank was only slightly unlevel. I figured it would settle and squish the carpet appropriately when it got some weight in it. Now it's got sand, rock, and about 1/4 full of water, there is about a 1/4 inch difference front to back.

I'm not really loving that and I think I need to drain it and shim it.

I think I only need to shim the entire backside of the stand. I've been recommended plastic shims, but I'm not seeing what i need. I was thinking stacking paint sticks 2 high under the back edge.

I've never shimmed before. Tips?

 

[762pmcs]

I used these. Been good for the past year.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/8-in-Composite-Shim-Bundle-of-12-SHM1-12-TW/202807695

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[breutus]

When I got my tank it had a piece of the high compression foam under it and I asked why and he said it helps with leveling them. I looked up some stuff on it and seems a lot of people use it to bring a tank slightly out of level. Just seems to smush it down a bit more on the I level side, not sure it would quite give way to 1/4 inch but I'd say either way it's worth having under it!


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[breutus]

Unlevel tank advice

I think if you get pink board (closed cell) you should be able to get up to 1/4 inch out of level but just barely. I think if you looked at the stand to floor and do a small shim on the floor and then did the board you'd probably be golden!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2252341

Or go with a leveling mat

https://www.amazon.com/Innovative-M...ocphy=9022836&hvtargid=pla-391686275660&psc=1


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[Mr D smack]

I used horse matt on both tank and sump. Charley's out by you should have some or something similar. I forget the name of the other store across 70 that might also have it


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[bhbell]

HD Green Plastic shims is my strong suggestion but it really depends on what kind of access you have and the construction of the contact portion of your stand.