Tilting Tank

[coolwade]

My Tank has settled and is on a angle!!!!!

Alright, I set my tank up a few weeks ago and I checked to make sure the floor was level and that the tank was level.

Now three weeks later the tank is on an angle (as shown in attached picture) I checked with the builders and the concrete slab that it is on can handle about 10 tons so I am not worried about the floor buckleing or anything it is the liminate flooring that is showing the stress. Is the angle acute enough for me to be worried about?

I am a big lad and have a few mates that when the tank is at about 1/4 could lift the tank and I could put some polystyrene under the fron legs to level it off. Would it be worth doing?

Tank is a 56 gallon 4 ft x 18 x 18 so at 1/4 full it would weight around 100 kgs. It has a very sturdy cross bar.

Need advice.

 

[Frameshift]

I've had a couple tanks (100 and 60 gallon) that when full were a couple degrees off level, and didn't have troubles with them. I think the stress you'd put on the seams moving a partially filled tank would concern me more.

 

[OnyxFishies]

leaning tank of Pisa!

My tank is a little bit off level too, but I don't worry about it too much. I've read that shimming the tank itself in the stand will most likely lead to cracks, and so will moving it while full. if you ever pull everything out of it and change it, I'd shim the legs of the stand.

I guess this is a "ditto" post, I wouldn't mess with it unless it gets worse.

 

[StreetCypher]

If the tank is twisting then that will increase the likelihood of breakage. I mean, if the front left corner and the back right corner is high and the front right corner and the back left corner are low, then that causes stress to the structure. If its just leaning a little forward then thats not too bad, although not ideal.

Just remember, your stand is strong when pressure is applied directly down. If the tank is leaning forward too much the stand may also go (i've never heard of this before though).Thats what i think just thinking about it. Although i doubt its leaning too much in your case.

 

[coolwade]

I have given it a bit of a shake and it is sturdy as a rock, thanks, you have lessened my worry. It is leaning the same at both ends so no twists.

 

[theFinn]

You call that a tilt? HA!...HA! I say.

The appartment I used to live in was SERIOUSLY out of wack. When my tank was full I had a 1/4 inch gap at the front and a full 2 inches gap at the back the floor was so out of level. This was on a 20 gallon tank.

You'd walk though the living room and end up almost runnign into the wall because you floor sloped so much. What do you expect when you live in a 100+ year old house though? *shrug*

Thankfully, the basement in my new house is dead level so my tank actually looks normal now