Water level and bowed tank

[305phins]

So i set up my 300 and my water level on one side is 3/4 higher then on the other. Will i be ok. The tank is bowed in the front a little as a result the top is caved down. Anything to worry about or will i be ok.

 

[tanharold]

My water level is usually the same as yours so I guess its okay. Nothing different or wrong is happening and I lowered it to prevent the bichirs from escaping. Hope this helps

 

[305phins]

Thanks tanharold, how big is your tank and is it like that because its bowed? Anyone else with more info? thanks

 

[doviiman]

Was the stand leveled before you put the tank on it? That does not sound safe to have that amount of water on one seam of the tank. If that seam gives you could have a serious flood in you house. with 3/4 heoght of water difference seems significant. I'd get that water out of there and get that tank leveled asap. As for the bowing, that's normal with acrylic. That's just my opinion...

 

[Raven20]

How thick is the tank?

 

[brich999]

I'd try to level it. The bowing I wouldnt worry about the center brace on my 500g is in the water it dips so much but it's cuz the guy that owned it last had metal halides right over the middle brace and it warped

 

[305phins]

(((((((((BTW I MEANT TO SAY A QUARTER OF AN INCH NOT 3/4 BIG TYPO.)))))

Was the stand leveled before you put the tank on it? That does not sound safe to have that amount of water on one seam of the tank. If that seam gives you could have a serious flood in you house. with 3/4 heoght of water difference seems significant. I'd get that water out of there and get that tank leveled asap. As for the bowing, that's normal with acrylic. That's just my opinion...

Yes the stand was level. What do you mean that amount of water on one seam?

How thick is the tank?

half inch

I'd try to level it. The bowing I wouldnt worry about the center brace on my 500g is in the water it dips so much but it's cuz the guy that owned it last had metal halides right over the middle brace and it warped

Thats good to know about the brace in the water.


Thanks all of you for helping out.

 

[doviiman]

(((((((((BTW I MEANT TO SAY A QUARTER OF AN INCH NOT 3/4 BIG TYPO.)))))



Yes the stand was level. What do you mean that amount of water on one seam?

half inch



Thats good to know about the brace in the water.
Thanks all of you for helping out.

Meaning that amount of water pressure on the front corner seam (two pieces of acrylic glued together) of the tank, but that was when I was thinkingit was 3/4 difference in leveling.

 

[305phins]

Oh ok i get you what do you think about the 1/4 inch difference of water level from one side to the other