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So, do you shim up the tank stand by adding pieces of wood under the legs,or what? Thanks, Jim In a message dated 1/7/2009 10:13:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, uneekfish@gmail.com writes:
Well, I am new here and to fish keeping, but not knew to making mistakes!
I would drain tank water into 5 gallon buckets and rehome the fish there. HOB fiter or whatever you have, make it work in the bucket.
Level the stand so the tank is level. NEVER try and shim up the tank on an unlevel stand - you would really be asking for it then!
Put water and fish back in tank with the filter. Heck, you might just as well get a PWC done while you are at it… So throw some of the old water out and add new!
Good Luck!
On 1/7/09, bill1433 wrote: > > In my excitement and enthusiasm when I got that 29-gallon tank for > Christmas > I forgot one very, very important thing. > > Plumbing and leveling the tank! > > I can’t believe an old hand like me messed up this bad, even a “rookie” > would not > make this mistake but there it is, as stupid as it is, and I did it! > > Now the problem is even more compounded by the stand it sits on. This > stand is one of those particleboard kit deals and has a flat top for the > tank and a flat bottom or base. There are no actual tank legs so to speak > just upright 1 x 6 particleboard pieces. This stand would appears to be > much like what dealers like to call a pedestal stand. > > If we were talking about a steel stand with 4 legs I would know how to > handle it but for this stand I am lost and angry with myself for being so > stupid. I am not sure if I should try and level it by just leveling the > tank alone on the flat top stand or try to level the whole stand all at once > with the tank on it. > > If anyone has any ideas at all please answer with a real “how to with step > by step instructions. I have made some mistakes in my life but in all > truthfulness, this is the dumbest thing I ever did! A complete tear-down > and refill would not be easy either, but we would have to take out some > water because of the weight and also is nowhere to put the fish or > gravel. Messed up AGAIN! > > Bill > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ———— —- —- - > > Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, Thank You. > ·´¯`·.¸¸.>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> > PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to > the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT > LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
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