markoshark Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 prfft, you saw what the tank was sitting on in my room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 :lol: haha yea true....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Well this is the stand. First pic is without the ply, second with the ply (no way :roll: ) Just gotta let it fully dry now and then it will go into the room and all stations will be go. I want to get some sort of black fabric to put around it so you cant see into it but for the meantime ive just painted it all black. May even put some ends on it and some doors and make it a nice cabinet if i can be stuffed :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 WHY NOT USE THE SPACE UNDERNEATH TO FIT 2 MORE SMALL TANKS :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 :lol: Yea... Nah.... Could, but i dont realy like to have tanks that low. makes it too hard to siphon them out etc... Possibly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Sump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Yea could be an idea, but nah would need to be drilled etc. Easier to just stick with my canister filter.... Anyway, tank is in place! BUT Next problem.... There is a hump in the middle of the stand, and it drops by a fair amount at each end.... enough that i can tip the tank back and forth very easily and it will rock.... Two things i could do. 1, get a new piece of ply to go on top cos this ones obviously swollen in the middle or 2, get some of that expanding foam and spray it under each end, let it expand, cut off the excess and then fill er up.... I know someone on here did it a little while ago when their concrete pad was off a little bit and it worked sweet. theirs was only a sump tank though..... idea's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Won't the Gorilla Snot make it worse? If your frame is straight, as is the bottom of your tank, stufing somthing under each end will make the ply bend in the middle when the tank is full... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Bottom of tank is straight yes. Im not sure if the frame is straight or not. Used to have a 250L tank on it using the same piece of wood and it was sweet.... Im thinking off just transferring it to another stand, and using this one for my breeding tanks (lots of smaller tanks = sweet as) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 FIXED! :bounce: :bounce: Took the tank off and tested everything for flat. Bottom of tank was perfect (as you'd expect) top of stand was perfect.... WTF??!?!?! Put a different piece of polystyrene on (not the stuff i got with the tank) and vuila! Sits PERFECT now..... Now i gotta fill it up and hope nothing goes Bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 lol! The last thing you would think of checking! Good luck with the fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Yea it was! Got it filled last night, slowly raised the water level over a couple hours to let it settle slowly and its beaut this morning so im gunna take all the water back out of it today and put the gravel etc in and we will be underway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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