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[reefwreck]

seen a post where guy used furniture levers to level his tank what do you think

 

[reefwreck]

I guess i will just have house releveled

 

[PopaSmurph]

Just wait for that 210 to pop and use the insurance money for a new tank and to relevel the house lol

 

[reefwreck]

Rather not its mobile home so ill just jack it up unlevel anyway that side

 

[PopaSmurph]

Wow! I was thinking about getting a trailer in August I didn't know you could put that big of a tank in one of those. Very impressive. Depending on how much it's is to relevel it should be worth it to protect your investment

 

[Bebow]

The tank is 210 gallons? Unless the floor is a concreate slab it is not able to carry that kind of weight. What you are seeing is the floor joist sagging which will probably get worse or fail. My floor was started sagging my 125, so much so the bottom plastic frame on the bottom edge cracked. After releveling the stand to reduce the stress I hired a foundation company to come in and pour footers, jack supports, I beam and double the floor joist. I was then able to put a 180 in its place. A 210 plus sump weighs close to 3000 lbs

 

[reefwreck]

its always been that way since i set it up but i have reinforced joists under it plus its on load bearing wall

 

[Bebow]

Check this article out, it’s written by a structal engineer. Has some good info.
http://www.african-cichlid.com/Structure.htm

 

[reefwreck]

thank you i will look at that