Tank is filled. Ooops - Problem solved!

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Pneumatic

I have been working on a 150 gallon tank for a couple of weeks and today was the day that I got to crank it up for the first time.

I got the laser level out and made sure everything was right from right to left but I didn't do it front to back. I didn't think that would matter so much as long as it's straight across the front and to be honest I just didn't check it. You can see in that pic at the top left side that the water is touching the bracing. I managed to get it to that point by aiming everything away from the surface but with any ripple both braces are visible from the front glass back about 5 inches.

I need to raise the front of the tank about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch and it would be perfect but how do I do it now? :shock: The overflows are siliconed in and moving them would be a major headache. Can I get creative with a jack or something along those lines?

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if its new setup just drain it and do it right. to soon to be fuging stuf. good luck 8)
 
I agree with Dennis, but I would drain as much water out of your tank as you can before you try it. Sometimes, tank seams don't react too nicely to changes in level/plumb. It won't take long to shim it level once it is drained and then you can pump the water right back in.
 
If you decide to drain and level I have a half dozen 55 gallon drums you couild borrow to hold the water. They have been sitting in my back yard for a couple of years so you would need to rinse/clean them out a bit but I am sure they would work.

LMK,

Stanley T''' - SALT
 
The tank is set up on a tile floor so I went to Home Depot to look at shims and saw some that were made of composite. I picked up a pack that contained about a dozen of them. I sharpened the tips a little more with a pocket knife to be sure they would get under the 2x4s of the stand and then started driving them in, a couple of taps at a time. As I worked down the line and back again it started getting easier and easier and in about 5 minutes the tank is level. I drove in a few more down the sides just to give it some support and it's going to work out perfectly.

The best part is that I didn't have to take a drop of water out of the tank. :) :) :)
 
Did you figure out how to remove the section of the shims still poking out?
 
Actually it turned out that driving them all the way in was the perfect height. I drove them in as far as I could with the hammer and the countersunk them under the lip with another shim that I broke in half. I just snapped them off where they were poking through on the inside of the stand and it's perfect. You can't see them at all. :)
 
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