Northernblades
10-31-2005, 07:43 AM
I am new to the forum, and have quite a story behind this project, and my long string of bad luck.
So here we go.
I had decided I wanted to have an aquarium in the new house, I had one when living with my parents (48 gallon) and planned on going a little bigger. Once I got settled into the new house I started looking at aquariums, and trying to figure out what I wanted to do. Well short story long, I found a used one nearly perfect 77 gallons, drilled, prebuilt overflow, stand, and sump, at what to me was a great price. IT LEAKS, the overflow is too high, the water level stays to high, and it leaks under the black trim. Time to learn from my mistakes, I went to the pet store (big al's and bought a perfecto, with the back drilled, with overflow. Yet again, I got greedy, and decided to build a DIY stand.
The stand is now finished, looks good (I will have to figure out how to post pictures later, and low and behold, somehow, it is wopsided. (The center of the stand is nearly 1/8th inch low.
Yes LOW, the stand is bowed, I used 1/4's on edge, around the inside perimeter, all maple, and it is bowed. (I was nearly in tears, but thankfully I checked everything before putting water in it.
I was wondering, how do I go about filling this gap? I realize a small gap can be filled with foam (as I have done on all previous tanks, but 1/8th inch seems to be asking a lot. I had screw ball Ideas, of placing sand under the foam, as it self flattens (too much time landscaping). But just thought I would come looking for help.
This project is now 2 months in the works, the old tank sump and stand is still set up, still drippings away onto a towel, (about 1 cup/day. And the new tank and stand are finally in the house, and I can't use it. Please help.
I was just pondering, and could I use paper shims under the tank itself? then used the foam to tel with mionor indescresions?
This was the fastest easiest simplest way I could find to post pictures
http://mee2.tripod.com/fish/
One picture of the setup, and a few of the new screwed up one
So here we go.
I had decided I wanted to have an aquarium in the new house, I had one when living with my parents (48 gallon) and planned on going a little bigger. Once I got settled into the new house I started looking at aquariums, and trying to figure out what I wanted to do. Well short story long, I found a used one nearly perfect 77 gallons, drilled, prebuilt overflow, stand, and sump, at what to me was a great price. IT LEAKS, the overflow is too high, the water level stays to high, and it leaks under the black trim. Time to learn from my mistakes, I went to the pet store (big al's and bought a perfecto, with the back drilled, with overflow. Yet again, I got greedy, and decided to build a DIY stand.
The stand is now finished, looks good (I will have to figure out how to post pictures later, and low and behold, somehow, it is wopsided. (The center of the stand is nearly 1/8th inch low.
Yes LOW, the stand is bowed, I used 1/4's on edge, around the inside perimeter, all maple, and it is bowed. (I was nearly in tears, but thankfully I checked everything before putting water in it.
I was wondering, how do I go about filling this gap? I realize a small gap can be filled with foam (as I have done on all previous tanks, but 1/8th inch seems to be asking a lot. I had screw ball Ideas, of placing sand under the foam, as it self flattens (too much time landscaping). But just thought I would come looking for help.
This project is now 2 months in the works, the old tank sump and stand is still set up, still drippings away onto a towel, (about 1 cup/day. And the new tank and stand are finally in the house, and I can't use it. Please help.
I was just pondering, and could I use paper shims under the tank itself? then used the foam to tel with mionor indescresions?
This was the fastest easiest simplest way I could find to post pictures
http://mee2.tripod.com/fish/
One picture of the setup, and a few of the new screwed up one