SHOmuchFUN
Skin-E-Reef
Yours looks a lot straighter flush than mine does header!
DIY Stand
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Scuba_Dave
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The problem with a leveler foot is your are now putting the entire weight of the tank on "x" number of points. The whole idea of that bottom 2x4 (I used a 2x6) is to spread the weight of the tank out over the entire length as much as possible.
Say you put a leveler foot down, and due to spacing of the floor joists it is dead center between 2 joists. You now have the weight of the tank pushing down on a point that is 7" away from any support. It will not fail right away, but over time that floor will start to sag & your tank will become unlevel - possible leading to leaks.
The only good place for feet to level a tank is on a cement floor IMO. And I would still go to the "trouble" of making a level stand without feet
Say you put a leveler foot down, and due to spacing of the floor joists it is dead center between 2 joists. You now have the weight of the tank pushing down on a point that is 7" away from any support. It will not fail right away, but over time that floor will start to sag & your tank will become unlevel - possible leading to leaks.
The only good place for feet to level a tank is on a cement floor IMO. And I would still go to the "trouble" of making a level stand without feet
The floor my tank sits on is not level (but it is a slab underneath). I set the finished frame in the correct spot then used long cedar shingles as shims underneath the lower 2x4 frame to get the top leveled. I used a large number of shims down the length of the stand to avoid the point loading issue. The shims were then trimmed and tacked in place. I have posted a picture of the finished stand. There is blasphemy involved as there is a FW tank sitting on the stand. I did intend this to be a reef tank (Tank is from an RC member) but chickened out for a variety of reasons. I still enjoy lurking here and you guys have much more interesting DIY projects then the average FW'er IMHO.
