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[innatrance4556]

I leveled my 20 gallon aquarium without water and it was right on. but once it was full of water its off by a lot.
How do I go about to fix this?

Let me know if you would like to see a few pictures.
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20 gln. freshwater

[lucky]

how unlevel is it?

try putting a piece of stryrofoam under it (between the tank and the stand)

[piranha]

What do you mean by a lot? If the level is 1/2 inch or more difference front to back on a rectangular tank, I would drain at least 50 percent of the water and shim beneath the stand. Shimming beneath the tank will cause stress at the base of the tank.

[innatrance4556]

Its a half an inch differnce. The thing is that I did put stryrofoam underneath before adding the water and it was leveled then. but when full its unleveled.
I'll figure something out.
Thanks
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20 gln. freshwater

[richiestang_78]

My 30 is about an inch unleveled and its been like that for about 4 years with no problem. You could try and take out about 25-50% of the water and have a few people lift it since that will bring the weight down to only about 80pounds to lift.

[Angry Andy]