Robbo20236
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 6, 2008
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hi all.
new here but not new to fish keeping. but after upgrading from a 15g to a 250g tank i have a few worries/questions. ill start with weight. having set up the tank myself i know there is a lot of weight and pressure there and i know the tank should take it but i had a worry when i got it. call it paranoia or a stupid question but evey other tank i have had, would sit flat on the cabinet and i would put sum polystyrene between the 2 to spread the weight. but with this new tank it doesnt sit 'flat' on the cabinet. the tank 'sits' on a thin about 3" wide strip of plastic around the outside bottom edge, with a further strip running the width through the middle. then between this 'frame' and the tank is a sheet of foam to 'spread' the load. (now comes the paranoia). but to me the tank is not sitting flat.??!! now as i have gone for a rockscape there is a lot of weight in there. should i be worried?
last question (for now) is level. how critical is this? i thought i had it pretty level, but upon filling the tank i realised how far out i was. over the length (122cm) there is about a 1cm difference in the water level.
thats about it with my problems for now.... i hope
thanks for your patience and sorry if i went on a bit
and thanks in advance for any replies.
new here but not new to fish keeping. but after upgrading from a 15g to a 250g tank i have a few worries/questions. ill start with weight. having set up the tank myself i know there is a lot of weight and pressure there and i know the tank should take it but i had a worry when i got it. call it paranoia or a stupid question but evey other tank i have had, would sit flat on the cabinet and i would put sum polystyrene between the 2 to spread the weight. but with this new tank it doesnt sit 'flat' on the cabinet. the tank 'sits' on a thin about 3" wide strip of plastic around the outside bottom edge, with a further strip running the width through the middle. then between this 'frame' and the tank is a sheet of foam to 'spread' the load. (now comes the paranoia). but to me the tank is not sitting flat.??!! now as i have gone for a rockscape there is a lot of weight in there. should i be worried?
last question (for now) is level. how critical is this? i thought i had it pretty level, but upon filling the tank i realised how far out i was. over the length (122cm) there is about a 1cm difference in the water level.
thats about it with my problems for now.... i hope
thanks for your patience and sorry if i went on a bit
and thanks in advance for any replies.