Leveling issues

[Goonie]

Stand is a custom stand by TRUVU super thick plywood furniture grade. It was between the lines on the level when we placed it across all three axis.

The tanks a 185 truvu same thing in the lines on a 3 foot level, began to fill tonight and I took the water one inch over the stand lip to see I have about 2 mm of height difference in the water.

The stand has a solid flat wood bottom, so I'm not sure how to shim that.

Any one have any advice ?


Thanks

 

[dr exum]

Stand is a custom stand by TRUVU super thick plywood furniture grade. It was between the lines on the level when we placed it across all three axis.

The tanks a 185 truvu same thing in the lines on a 3 foot level, began to fill tonight and I took the water one inch over the stand lip to see I have about 2 mm of height difference in the water.

The stand has a solid flat wood bottom, so I'm not sure how to shim that.

Any one have any advice ?


Thanks

got any pics?

what’s the floor surface?

 

[dr exum]

I’ve used hardwood floor / padding underpayment cut to size...

 

[Goonie]

I'll snag pics tmarrow floors raised brick on cement

 

[Goonie]

Here are some pics, again the tank is flush on the stand there is no wobble at all it just look like it's on a very slight slope

 

[Malte81]

You can buy adjustable supports for furnitures.
Just put them under your tank, Level all 4 corners and then the rest.
I had done this in one of my Tanks and it works great.

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[Goonie]

I'm not sure that would work on this stand its weight is distributed across it's entire foot print not to the corners or "legs" so elevating just at the corners would create alot of stress the tank was not designed for, I guess I could try to build a frame inside the stand to support that but man would that be a task.

 

[BIG-G]

The weight of the tank should be transferred through the vertical support to the floor.
So you should be able to shim the outside edges of the stand in the corners until you are perfectly leveled then go around and fill in the space between the corner till you are satisfied it’s supported.
Level the stand not the tank.

 

[Goonie]

The weight of the tank should be transferred through the vertical support to the floor.
So you should be able to shim the outside edges of the stand in the corners until you are perfectly leveled then go around and fill in the space between the corner till you are satisfied it’s supported.
Level the stand not the tank.

The issue I am having is wouldn't that mean ild be running like 10 feet of shims ?

Would liquid level work, like I was leveling a floor or does it not have the compression strength?

 

[Malte81]

When you put a few more adjustable supports under it you should be fine.
Not only the corners!
I said start leveling at the corners.
I dont think there will be a Problem if you use 10 or 12 of theese.
Cheap and quick solution.