- Location
- Warren, NJ
Seriously...
Begging for catastrophic failure. Drain that tank yesterday. You shim the stand, and not just on the end.
Jesus.
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Shoutout! My 155 Floating Reef
- Thread starter bvega789
- Start date
Seriously...
Begging for catastrophic failure. Drain that tank yesterday. You shim the stand, and not just on the end.
Jesus.
but hold up, @bvega789 did take the advices of us here. Someone did say to lift the left side of that tank. My man SUREEEE DID!!!
- Location
- 11756
Tank and stand! lol Never shim the tank, ever.
you need to support the entire perimeter of glass tank bottom. by placing block in one corner, you concentrate the weight of tank on a corner which will eventually lead to seam failure or crack. you have over 1200 lbs of water (8 lbs per gallon) plus rock and horizontal water pressure 63 lbs per sq ft against each glass panel. as advised before, you were supposed to shim the stand, because the stand supported the entire bottom of the tank. i personally use dense insulation foam board - when compressed, it also fills in the tiny gaps along edges - and plywood on top of stand. then i would level stand to floor with various long thin shims. good luck!
i was going to use acrylic to fill in the whole open piece. Ive been shaving and cutting the pieces i have.
the tank is leveled with the one piece there now i have to fill in the rest or shim the stand instead of the tank??
the ENTIRE tank perimeter needs equal and even support. are the acrylic pieces flush next to each other? if not, it's a tragedy waiting to happen. sooner the better...
- Location
- New Jersey , 07057
ENTIRE ENTIRE
- Location
- 11756
Drain. Level stand. Refill. Sleep easy.
You’re going through all the trouble of shaving acrylic. Buy some Rubbermaid’s drain water into them. Level it all up. Refill. Return Rubbermaid’s.
This actually bothers me. You have 155 gallons of water that can essentially make your home a swimming pool and coat your thousands of dollars. You could drain and level this thing in less than. A half day.
You’re going through all the trouble of shaving acrylic. Buy some Rubbermaid’s drain water into them. Level it all up. Refill. Return Rubbermaid’s.
This actually bothers me. You have 155 gallons of water that can essentially make your home a swimming pool and coat your thousands of dollars. You could drain and level this thing in less than. A half day.
Dude no offense but obviously u dnt know wht u doing if u doing the acrylic thing
How about asking for help from a friend or a member willing to give u a hand thats close to u
But definitely wht u have is a disaster waiting to happen
To be honest i would be afraid to level that tank after all that stress u put on the seams already.
How about asking for help from a friend or a member willing to give u a hand thats close to u
But definitely wht u have is a disaster waiting to happen
To be honest i would be afraid to level that tank after all that stress u put on the seams already.
- Location
- Queens
Wow... I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if my tank was like that... and my tank is half as big. I hope your neighbors below you are cool...
You need to empty that tank ASAP.
PS: Arnaldo24, How come this dude don't qualify as a newbie? He clearly doesn't know what he's doing..
You need to empty that tank ASAP.
PS: Arnaldo24, How come this dude don't qualify as a newbie? He clearly doesn't know what he's doing..
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