So.. following on from my welcome thread.. I am assessing my worktop where I intend to sit my new tank.. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be completely flat.. you would have thought a £800 staved kitchen worktop would have been planed, but apparently not..
So the tank is of floating base construction (I think?), with a plastic rim around the bottom edges. The instructions from Interpet categorically state 'do not place on polystyrene'. From what I can gather through the noise/opinions on the internet, this is because of concerns about pressure ending up on the under-side of the floating base glass..
If this is true, then I am wondering if a 5mm thick sheet of neoprene (or hdpe, whatever), would either fix my unevenness, or remove the issue perceived with polystyrene. Unfortunately I am unable to contact anyone at Interpet to get advice, although I suspect they'll give me a blanket answer of 'mount it on a flat surface with nothing underneath', just to cover their backside.
I need to move the tank to a different surface just to validate that it itself is flat, but on the assumption it is, the gap I currently have on my office desk is prominent on one of the front corner of the tank, and is about 4-5 sheets of paper deep. I've tried moving/rotating the tank around, and the gap does move inconsistently depending on where I place it, so it may be a combination of non-flat surface but potentially the tank frame/base too.
At this moment I feel my only option is to change this tank out for a traditional frameless tank with suitable poly/rubber base to support 🙁
So the tank is of floating base construction (I think?), with a plastic rim around the bottom edges. The instructions from Interpet categorically state 'do not place on polystyrene'. From what I can gather through the noise/opinions on the internet, this is because of concerns about pressure ending up on the under-side of the floating base glass..
If this is true, then I am wondering if a 5mm thick sheet of neoprene (or hdpe, whatever), would either fix my unevenness, or remove the issue perceived with polystyrene. Unfortunately I am unable to contact anyone at Interpet to get advice, although I suspect they'll give me a blanket answer of 'mount it on a flat surface with nothing underneath', just to cover their backside.
I need to move the tank to a different surface just to validate that it itself is flat, but on the assumption it is, the gap I currently have on my office desk is prominent on one of the front corner of the tank, and is about 4-5 sheets of paper deep. I've tried moving/rotating the tank around, and the gap does move inconsistently depending on where I place it, so it may be a combination of non-flat surface but potentially the tank frame/base too.
At this moment I feel my only option is to change this tank out for a traditional frameless tank with suitable poly/rubber base to support 🙁