My wife brought home a large (7' x 2' x 2' ) glass tank the other day. I am fabbing up a stand for it out of 1.5' x 3' box tubing. I am not experienced with owning a tank and I am wondering if I should add some sort of adjustable feet to the stand in order to compensate for an uneven floor. What would be an acceptable tolerance for unevenness without issue. The tank is going in our basement and quite frankly I would be really upset if the thing were to break because of the stand after the monumental effort it is going to take to get it down there. Saw some posts in the DIY, pretty good stuff, guys. Just looking for your experienced 2 cents - Feet or No Feet?
Welded metal stand...Adjustable feet?
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Adjustable feet would make life a lot easier. Most tank failures are due to unleveled stands, especially corner to corner. For feet, you could weld a flat plate on the bottom of the legs, drill a hole in the center, then weld a nut over the hole. However you do it, definitely take the time to make sure it is perfectly level.
you would be better just to shim the legs permanently to make flat and level.
really no need to adjust them later.
really no need to adjust them later.
I have to agree with neo, although adjustable feet seem like a good idea I would hate for the adjustable part to slip and possibly result in warpage of the stand, and ultimately cracking the tank.
I would just build the stand as square as humanly possible and shim the stand for levelness
I would just build the stand as square as humanly possible and shim the stand for levelness
Damn .. i wish my wife would come home with a 7x2x2 tank haha.. as it is I'm lucky if she doesn't empty my tanks and throw them out on the verge while im at work 
+1 for no feet, that's just one more thing to go wrong..
+1 for no feet, that's just one more thing to go wrong..
jinkzd;3569667; said:
The goal in building a stand, especially out of metal, is of course to make it as square as possible. The big issue here is to shoot for a flat and level surface. most tanks can handle being a little unlevel from side-to-side or front-to-back, but have one individual corner out of wack could prove to be detrimental. Make sure that when you build the first box frames that you are sure to get everything squarely cut and then tack-weld everything before committing to the full welds.
Metal isn't as easy to redo, just take your time, measure everything a million times and you should be fine.
