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My house leans slightly down hill. What is the best way to keep a 75g tank level before I set it up?

I'm all ready to rip up the carpet and the foam underneith to get to the plywood. That way theres no other directions the water might want to go in. Some people say to put another peice of pw directly under the stand to distribute even more weight. But how exactly would I go about doing something like that?


Owner of 20g with 7 diamond tetras, 1 mosquito eater,& 1 lyretail molly.

They sell some foam tank blocks, that will evenly distribute the weight, and level it, thus reducing and preventing cracking.

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You have not stated what type of tank stand you have and how big a lean it has to start of with. I would not even think of answering this until I had all these details sorry.

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Do you rent or own the house ?

were is the tank located basement or main floor ?

there are several wrong ways to level a aquarium and a few correct ways.

once the questions posted by me and Keith are answered i would be happy to help as well.

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The house in which we own, already leans downhill no mater where you are. The whole house is leaning, tilted... whatever.
It would be the main floor, there is no basement,
I am going to build a pine wood cabinet stand for the tank.
I just need to now how to counter-act that gentle slope. It isn't a major angle you wouldn't notice it unless you put a marble on a flat surface. I would just prefer that the water level in a tank that size be as even as possible.

Thank you for any help that you can give.

Owner of 20g with 7 diamond tetras, 1 mosquito eater,& 1 lyretail molly.

The answer is simple if you are going to build a cabinet make the base part of it to the slope. Q how do I measure the slope use a spirit level and measure the gap then make the base to size.

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i dont know if i would build the cabinet to match the slope. Someday you might move or want to fix the slope by levelign the main beam who knows.I would build the cabinet level liek it should be then cut shims to match the angle. Or use some type of adjustable legs. I would think of something but once you build a cabinet to match a angle its diffacult to recut to fix the issue if things change.

Sin I taught the trade for 26 years and that is how it is done. If in a case of shifting it is just re leveled. Shims totally useless in this case as they do not spread the load evenly it is placed at pressure points along the base line.

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no reason to get defensive keith. Was just my opinion.

what about building a level base with a 2nd base with the angle cut screwed into the bottom. so if things change can just remove the angle cut.

Being in the trade as well when I made my stand I shimmed it level to the floor and also tied the cabinet into the wall with two 4 inch by 5 inch by 20 inch long "box beams" I made up.I used the beams so the cabinet would stand off the wall to create space for running electrical wires and plumbing. I leveled each beam vertically on the wall and attached them with long screws into the wall studs then I screwed the cabinet to the beams. With the cabinet attached securely to the wall, the wall helps carry some of the load and there's no chance of it tipping over.

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