How to level the water in an aquarium.

[ar0wan]

Also, if you have a wood frame home that has a sufficient crawl-space, you can try a couple floor jacks.

That scares me to deaf

 

[Pharaoh]

Shim the stand. Drain about half the water, then hammer them in until level.

Not under the aquarium. You want the tank to be completely level and flush with the stand, otherwise you'll create a stress point in the tank, which could cause it to bust.

Potentially, yes.

Under the WHOLE aquarium, yes, styrofoam is ok. I thought you just wanted to put it under one side. But even then, I'm not sure if styrofoam under the tank will allow it to level itself out. And that sounds like a lot of work, having to drain the tank and lift it off the stand.

It might a bit, but for the most part no.

With wooden shims, no need to drain/remove the tank. Just enough so you can hammer some shims in. All the tanks I've put on carpet require shimming to make them level. I do it as the tank is filling. Works just fine.

 

[jvin85]

Luckily the tank is completely empty so I can empty/fill to do whatever I need to first.

I just bought it off craigslist yesterday and wanted to quickly test it out to make sure I didn't get pooched.

I've attached photo's to show/demonstrate what I'm working with. Since I lack the experience I'm asking you guys for yours. Maybe I'm being way over protective and it's really not bad at all.

 

[Bully Fish]

You could correct that easily with small wood shims.

 

[juneblood3]

yea if it was acrylic id say leave it as long as there wasnt any twist, \but glass tanks definately need to be leveled.

 

[Burko]

As long as the surface of the stand is _flat_ I cannot see why a tank would care if it was level or not.

Anyhoot...I'd check if the floor is level, that could signify greater structural problems. If the stands out of level, as said, its an easy fix.

Seeing as the only thing we do know is that the water _is_ level...have you measured the height of the actual tank, left to right?

 

[CHOMPERS]

Just got a 90G and noticed the water isn't leveled. It's ontop of a Stingray stand which is on top of a carpet. I assume the floor/carpet is on a small slant.

How could I level the water?

I had to double check the date on this thread because there was a nearly identical one like it several years ago. It was determined that the water was defective since water is suppose to self level. Anyway, the solution was to drain the unlevel water and refill it with level water. That fixed it.

You might want to mention this to your water company so it doesn't happen again.

 

[jvin85]

I called the water company up as you suggested, they told me to come here and ask for advice/help. Also they mentioned to ignore your solution

 

[MyGiants]

Doesn't look like a lot to me. Its front to back right. Just fill it past the trim then you won't be able to tell

 

[jvin85]

Yeah, it's such a small amount and certainly not noticable if the water level is above the trim. My concern is the pressure that small slant would have. Since I'm new to this sort of stuff I just worry and asked here to see if maybe someone could tell me if that type of slant is nothing to worry about, or if it's something that need to be corrected asap.