65g reef

Melina · #1 08-27-2007, 02:40 AM

I have a problem. I was filling it up for a leak test and discovered the entire floor in the room I plan to put it in is not level. It's slanted in one direction. The reading on the level shows that it is off by only a little (I'd say about 1/4 inch... a few millimeters). But enough to see that the water in the tank is not level. Has anyone ever dealt with this problem? Is there a way to still be able to put the tank in this room? My husband is thinking about putting some sort of mat underneath half the stand, to even it out without creating any pressure points. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.

cav~firez22 · #2 08-27-2007, 02:50 AM

I had the same problem. for me it turned out to be the tak board thats under the carpet, however if your on hardwood, then i dunno. you could try stryofoam under the stand, but your best bet would be to ask Mike or one of the other guys @ hidden reef. Or maybe someone with more expierence on here can shed some light on your situation.

nice tank btw

Delphinus · #3 08-27-2007, 04:07 AM

You can shim the stand (never shim the tank though) to get it to level..

Melina · #4 08-27-2007, 05:18 AM

Thanks guys. I'll ask Mike and see what he suggests.

Redrover · #5 08-27-2007, 01:14 PM

" Like Tony said level stand only "

Melina · #6 08-27-2007, 09:23 PM

OK, we got the stand level with door shims, worked quite well! We filled it up and turned on the pump... and it's a lot louder than we thought it would be. There are a tremendous amount of bubbles exiting into the sump. There's a constant, loud, gurgling, bubbling sound... it's VERY loud. Is this normal? If so, is there anything we can do to make it run quieter?

Pan · #7 08-27-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Melina

OK, we got the stand level with door shims, worked quite well! We filled it up and turned on the pump... and it's a lot louder than we thought it would be. There are a tremendous amount of bubbles exiting into the sump. There's a constant, loud, gurgling, bubbling sound... it's VERY loud. Is this normal? If so, is there anything we can do to make it run quieter?

Is the water falling into the sump or into the water in the sump? I mean does it enter the sump below water level? You try and put some sort of diffusion under where the water enters the pump? With my big tank i had 4 drains and stacked a bunch of base rock under them so they hit it instead of splashing. Extended the pipe below to just below the waters surface. Course i had an auto top-off, so you would need to keep levels constant from evap. I guess I should have asked is the sound coming from the overflow or the sump