I'm just curious about the personal opinions with setting up large GLASS tanks. I understand that it is very useful with acrylic tanks (which I still question it validity in some aspects), but I want to test the water about glass.
I myself believe that the Styro underneath glass is 95% useless. I will give 2.5% to the leveling factor of foam, although there seems to be this big idea that closed-cell foam will really make huge differences. Then, I will give 2.5% to the warm and comfy feeling factor that everyone seems to have after using Styro.
I contribute my interpretation to the three factors that are generally view when lookin at leveling a tank. Front-to-back leveling, side-to-side leveling, & corner-to-corner leveling. I will adress each individually.
1. Front-to-back leveling - You should attempt to have it as level as possible, but most tank have a stress factor figured it, so some slight variance is acceptable. There is some points that show an unlevel tank that is set up for a while and then moved and re-level might have more of a tendency to have a seam burst.Thoughts & facts?
2. Side-to-side leveling - Basically the same as front-to-back with the exception that the variance may be a little wider of a tolerance.
3. Corner-to-corner leveling - this is the crucial point in ensuring that your tank will not fail. If the opposite corners are off, this will lead to twisting of the tank and ultimate failure by cracking or seams bursting.
Now, I accept that foam will allow for small impuities such as small rocks due to the pressure created. This is somewhat useless when dealing with glass because most tanks are built with a plastic trim. this si what contacts the stand, not the tank. Likelood hood of rock should be non if you dust the stand first.
But what I have a hard time believing is that as the pressure is exerted on to the foam the foam will compensate for the pressure. If a tank is unlevel, with equal distribution of weight the foam should compress the same amount around the entire tank. Whether the tank is twisting or not is almost irrelevent with the foam. How is it possible for foam to account for varience in the leveling of the tank?
If you would like to contribute to this argument, please contribute supportive factual data as I hope this could to be a learning tool. But everyone should feel free to participate in the pole.
I myself believe that the Styro underneath glass is 95% useless. I will give 2.5% to the leveling factor of foam, although there seems to be this big idea that closed-cell foam will really make huge differences. Then, I will give 2.5% to the warm and comfy feeling factor that everyone seems to have after using Styro.
I contribute my interpretation to the three factors that are generally view when lookin at leveling a tank. Front-to-back leveling, side-to-side leveling, & corner-to-corner leveling. I will adress each individually.
1. Front-to-back leveling - You should attempt to have it as level as possible, but most tank have a stress factor figured it, so some slight variance is acceptable. There is some points that show an unlevel tank that is set up for a while and then moved and re-level might have more of a tendency to have a seam burst.Thoughts & facts?
2. Side-to-side leveling - Basically the same as front-to-back with the exception that the variance may be a little wider of a tolerance.
3. Corner-to-corner leveling - this is the crucial point in ensuring that your tank will not fail. If the opposite corners are off, this will lead to twisting of the tank and ultimate failure by cracking or seams bursting.
Now, I accept that foam will allow for small impuities such as small rocks due to the pressure created. This is somewhat useless when dealing with glass because most tanks are built with a plastic trim. this si what contacts the stand, not the tank. Likelood hood of rock should be non if you dust the stand first.
But what I have a hard time believing is that as the pressure is exerted on to the foam the foam will compensate for the pressure. If a tank is unlevel, with equal distribution of weight the foam should compress the same amount around the entire tank. Whether the tank is twisting or not is almost irrelevent with the foam. How is it possible for foam to account for varience in the leveling of the tank?
If you would like to contribute to this argument, please contribute supportive factual data as I hope this could to be a learning tool. But everyone should feel free to participate in the pole.
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