How Level (Or Not) Is Your Tank

[ShinySideUp]

When my new tank arrived last year I had no time to check the floor before the stand and tank were in place and everything was ok with my four footer previously in the same place. I could not tell with the empty tank whether or not the floor was level until the water was in it.
 
I have a concrete floor so I'm not bothered about it but I find that my six foot tank is lower at one end. When I have almost the full 640 litres in it the water line reaches the canopy and I can see that the water is deeper at one end by 5mm. A bit of trigonometry  gives me a slope of 1.59 degrees. How level is your tank?
 
 
 
I was thinking of going water skiing now I've found water with a slope on it!

 

[sawickib]

My 55 gallon is the same way because of my custom stand haha

 

[ShinySideUp]

My 55 gallon is the same way because of my custom stand haha

 You mean you actually custom-built it with a slope on it?!!

 

[sawickib]

Well didnt mean to have a slope, but it happened haha

 

[haleem8777]

My tank has is higher on one side by 1 cm

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Surprisingly, my stand is 100% level. Though, I doubt the one I put upstairs will be  

 

[ShinySideUp]

My tank has is higher on one side by 1 cm

 
I bet your fish find it easier swimming one way than the other. Lol

 

[KirkyArcher]

Mine's not too bad, (not quite 0.5°) had to "shim" the front of the cabinet with some additional carpet off cuts to compensate for the carpet grippers up against the skirting.  
 

 
Length measurement. 
 

 
Width measurement.

 

[ShinySideUp]

You have an angle-meter?!
 
All told, I think you may consider your tank, er, level.
 

 

[KirkyArcher]

You have an angle-meter?!

Doesn't everyone?

 

[sawickib]

the 55 gallon

 

[Alasse]

Nope, wasnt, settled to it was, then settled some more to, nope definitely not level now lol.
 
I dont think any of them are properly level, closest would be the 2.6ft gourami tank

 

[KrystaK]

At my old house (Which was a converted hunting cabin - urban sprawl got that far to turn the deep woods into suburbia) And my tank, 36 inches long, was a almost 3/4'' different from one side to the other. 
 
We have since moved and said tank is in the basement of my current house, and while I can still notice a difference from one end to the other, it isnt nearly as bad as it was. 

 

[Xzavier247]

Op post a pic. I wanna see.

 

[damanax]

the 55 gallon

 
My 55g is also uneven but within the same margins as this pic. I have a concrete floor so I'm not too bothered but I'm making sure to keep an eye on it