Hello All!
I am kinda new to fish tanks in general and am really new to saltwater fish... I am even newer still to installing and setting up a 150gallon tank. However that's exactly where I am at and I need a little help.
I was hoping someone in this forum could help me out a little.
I have an all steel base in very good condition. It has heavy square steel legs and connections. The tank is all glass and is currently in the place where I plan to put it. I contacted someone who knows the buildings in my area and the aged 1900's style old mansion construction as I knew that set up and filled this tank would be approximately 2000 lbs. I bought all the gear (Heaters, Fluval 404, Remora Protine Skimmer and an Aquaclear) hearing the confirming words of you should be good. Unfortunately last night when I put the tank on its stand I saw that the legs do not stand on level ground. The building as old as it is has settled some. Only 2 of the 6 legs sit squarely on the ground and it pitches (longways) towards the front of the old mansion. I shimmed it with oak shims and now it is stable.
What I was hoping to hear from someone is if they ever shimmed a tank before and wether it was safe to consider doing... If not, how should I do it or not at all. The weight and balance of this thing is my prime concern as I will be EXTREMELY cautious when filling it (using a level the entire way through the fill process and doing it slowly). The forward picth along the length concerns me some too, but, not terribly unless I am missing something important I should know.
Any recommendations and ideas will definately be considered as I really want to do this right.
I am kinda new to fish tanks in general and am really new to saltwater fish... I am even newer still to installing and setting up a 150gallon tank. However that's exactly where I am at and I need a little help.
I was hoping someone in this forum could help me out a little.
I have an all steel base in very good condition. It has heavy square steel legs and connections. The tank is all glass and is currently in the place where I plan to put it. I contacted someone who knows the buildings in my area and the aged 1900's style old mansion construction as I knew that set up and filled this tank would be approximately 2000 lbs. I bought all the gear (Heaters, Fluval 404, Remora Protine Skimmer and an Aquaclear) hearing the confirming words of you should be good. Unfortunately last night when I put the tank on its stand I saw that the legs do not stand on level ground. The building as old as it is has settled some. Only 2 of the 6 legs sit squarely on the ground and it pitches (longways) towards the front of the old mansion. I shimmed it with oak shims and now it is stable.
What I was hoping to hear from someone is if they ever shimmed a tank before and wether it was safe to consider doing... If not, how should I do it or not at all. The weight and balance of this thing is my prime concern as I will be EXTREMELY cautious when filling it (using a level the entire way through the fill process and doing it slowly). The forward picth along the length concerns me some too, but, not terribly unless I am missing something important I should know.
Any recommendations and ideas will definately be considered as I really want to do this right.