Its a kitchen worktop which is around 4 /5 inch thick. I had support in the middle but then the tank was not sitting on the left and right support. So i add blocks to the center the same amount that is on ether side of the tank and then the tank rises and sits on the center support but not on the left and right support. I have measured from the center of the tank to the bottom and have noticed its the same has the left side and right side so the stand is holding up in the middle. I am guessing that the tank needs to be raised on the left hand side ? Seen has the right side is higher than the left side ? I am gonna empty the tank today and raise the left hand side.fm1978 said:
Fish Tank Not Level ?
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That should start ringing alarm bells then...
Each set of blocks, if you're using the same blocks, should be exactly the same height. If not, the floor has to be uneven or the blocks are poorly made. That's not good! Can you check any of these things elsewhere?
The worktop should be fine, that's quite a good material to use. Are you certain it's not buckled or warped over any part of it?
Each set of blocks, if you're using the same blocks, should be exactly the same height. If not, the floor has to be uneven or the blocks are poorly made. That's not good! Can you check any of these things elsewhere?
The worktop should be fine, that's quite a good material to use. Are you certain it's not buckled or warped over any part of it?
Yer im sure it was a brand new work topfm1978 said:
I thought is show some images of the spirit level
The blocks was made in a mold so i know that every block is the same size. They cement into a mold and let it set in the mold so i know they are the same size. I am thinking i need to make the left hand side of the tank higher ?
If the blocks are OK, the tank is OK, the worktop is OK, it only leaves the floor itself and the 'styrene. Something is warping under the load of the tank and water.
Are you able to get another worktop of the same size and put that on the floor first? Then build the blocks (left, centre and right supports) back up, another work on top of the blocks, then your 'styrene, then the tank?
If the floor is warping under the small footprint of one of the sets of blocks then it would help to spread the weight more evenly over the full 6ft of the tank.
Are you able to get another worktop of the same size and put that on the floor first? Then build the blocks (left, centre and right supports) back up, another work on top of the blocks, then your 'styrene, then the tank?
If the floor is warping under the small footprint of one of the sets of blocks then it would help to spread the weight more evenly over the full 6ft of the tank.
fm1978 said:
I am gonna try and empty the tank and then lift the left side of the tank up to make it higher. Im gonna try and put something under the work top and on top of the blocks to higher the left side so it should level the tank out.
I have had a man come out and look at it and he has said that the tank is level the stand is level and the floor is level and he can not do anything more. I have told him well why is the water like this and he has said its because there is so much water in the tank.
nicky1200 said:
Well that makes no sense whatsoever.
What a useless man!
Empty the tank.
Put a thinner piece of poly in.
Refill the tank.
Check the tank is level and everything is working correctly before you even think about fish.
So much water makes it unlevel?!
Any volume of water can be level, if put on a level surface.
Gah!
I have just noticed that i have blocks supporting each corner but the left back corner the blocks are not supporting the corner Its a bit further forward here is what i mean
This is the right hand side you can see the blocks are all the way back to the wall
And here is the left hand side which is not all the way back there is a huge gap
Maybe its uneven because each corner is not being supported ?
This is the right hand side you can see the blocks are all the way back to the wall
And here is the left hand side which is not all the way back there is a huge gap
Maybe its uneven because each corner is not being supported ?
I doubt its the blocks in your pics that's causing thus.
really recommend you empty the tank, put fish in a small tank with filter and heater, they should hopefully be fine while you sort this out.
try with 1cm poly first. If that does still show an uneven tank then maybe its your floorboards that cannot cope with the weight if your tank and water.
that's worst case scenario though.
Remember 1 litre of water is about 1 kilo in weight, so am assuming your tank is about 250 litres, so that's 250 kilos plus weight of tank and decor plus weight of worktop and blocks, over 300 kilos resting in a few floorboards. Heck of a lot of weight!
Hopefully you have concrete floor or supports.
do not put a 2cm shim under the right side of rank, that's gonna add pressure to middle of your tank and may break the base glass.
lifting up a tank on one end full of water is really asking for trouble. Glass is brittle and does not bend well!!
you do not want a broken tank with 250 litres of water all over your floor with fish dying. Really not an experience even worth think about!
Ask someone to help you out and get this done properly. There are no short cuts or quick fixes am afraid.
really recommend you empty the tank, put fish in a small tank with filter and heater, they should hopefully be fine while you sort this out.
try with 1cm poly first. If that does still show an uneven tank then maybe its your floorboards that cannot cope with the weight if your tank and water.
that's worst case scenario though.
Remember 1 litre of water is about 1 kilo in weight, so am assuming your tank is about 250 litres, so that's 250 kilos plus weight of tank and decor plus weight of worktop and blocks, over 300 kilos resting in a few floorboards. Heck of a lot of weight!
Hopefully you have concrete floor or supports.
do not put a 2cm shim under the right side of rank, that's gonna add pressure to middle of your tank and may break the base glass.
lifting up a tank on one end full of water is really asking for trouble. Glass is brittle and does not bend well!!
you do not want a broken tank with 250 litres of water all over your floor with fish dying. Really not an experience even worth think about!
Ask someone to help you out and get this done properly. There are no short cuts or quick fixes am afraid.
fm1978 said:
Thats fair enough although I based my measurements on pic, looked like length 6ft, width 1ft and height 1.5ft so using forum calculator i came up with 255 litres but with a width of 2ft then, its 510 litres!
So certainly the weight of whole set up is between 300kg to 550kg ish.
And yes, that is a heck a lot of weight on weak floorboards whichever way you look at it!
Thats IF it is the floorboards thats giving. I can't tell until he puts in a thinner sheet of polystyrene, taking out the 2 inch poly one first obviously and then take it from there.
Really hope OP will do things properly. Not trying to fit a shim on left side of tank by lifting it while full of water and shoving shim under tank.................
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