tank placement in the garage...

[wright4lfe]

alright mfk engineers, put on your thinking caps.

i'm getting ready to move into a new house in the next couple weeks. it has a fairly large garage which i will be setting up multiple tanks in. it measures 18ftX20ft. it is 20ft wide on the side where the door is and 18ft deep.

I want to set up a large tank in the garage, probably 10X3X3 or 10X4X3. my only problem is the floor of the garage is at a slight slope. the amount in decline over the 18ft is about 3.5-4in. there will probably be about 2.5-3in worth of slope over the length of a 10ft long tank.

what is the best material to use to counter act the slope and keep my tank level over the course of 5-7 years?

Thanks

 

[duke33]

sounds like you might have to do some forming.

 

[Plecosterone]

If you are going to make the stand just make it so it sits level. Or, if you already have the stand you could (depending on how it is built) just cut the bottom so it sits level.

 

[duke33]

If you are going to make the stand just make it so it sits level. Or, if you already have the stand you could (depending on how it is built) just cut the bottom so it sits level.

True.

 

[King Edward]

Lay a concrete plinth...

 

[wright4lfe]

its a custom stand that i don't want to cut on. so are some of you guys thinking laying a small concrete pad is going to be necessary? lol, that was the last thing i wanted to do but if thats the best way to go about doing this i guess i'll have to.

 

[King Edward]

I would have thought that would be the quickest and easiest solution...

 

[frnchjeep]

I would have thought that would be the quickest and easiest solution...

I agree, and when you are pushing a thousand gallons, you want it to be planted. I wouldn't want to mess with shims on a 10 foot tank unless I had to.

 

[Bderick67]

alright mfk engineers, put on your thinking caps.

i'm getting ready to move into a new house in the next couple weeks. it has a fairly large garage which i will be setting up multiple tanks in. it measures 18ftX20ft. it is 20ft wide on the side where the door is and 18ft deep.

I want to set up a large tank in the garage, probably 10X3X3 or 10X4X3. my only problem is the floor of the garage is at a slight slope. the amount in decline over the 18ft is about 3.5-4in. there will probably be about 2.5-3in worth of slope over the length of a 10ft long tank.

what is the best material to use to counter act the slope and keep my tank level over the course of 5-7 years?

Thanks

its a custom stand that i don't want to cut on. so are some of you guys thinking laying a small concrete pad is going to be necessary? lol, that was the last thing i wanted to do but if thats the best way to go about doing this i guess i'll have to.

You have the stand, yet don't know which size tank your going with?

The concrete pad would be easiest, you could also build a wood frame pad.

 

[wright4lfe]

"I would have thought that would be the quickest and easiest solution..."

lol, i've never used concrete before...thats why i was looking for an alternative. but i guess i'll have to start educating myself...