Does a Fish Tank Have to be Level?
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- Does a Fish Tank have to be level?
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Hi Michael, I recently bought a tempered glass aquarium, on the 2nd day after putting them together, i found out there are a few exterior scratches..i am not sure why it seems like there are just more scratches showing up as days goes by without even touching it..the aquarium is unleveled , just realized that 3 days after i filled up the tank..tank is 180 gallon with sump is 220..can you help me please?
@@thaimai6267I’m. It sure how I can help you?
I agree that a tank being slightly out of level isn’t an issue. Might be more of an issue with larger tanks, and the more out of level it becomes. Not gonna lie though, that board with the knot would keep me up at night. 🤓
Don’t worry, I have plenty more to keep me up at night!
You should really consider replacing that one board because it is a weak point where stresses concentrate. It can, however, last long but one day it’s just going to go. Note that I am a Civil Engineer who knows something about wood structures. Thanks for the great video.
I’m feeling lucky!
Hey fishy folks, today we are going to discuss what its like to find your fish dead on the floor
@@BR-it2qe How’s that?
Thank you Michael. I believe you help the group as a whole when you remind ever that what you do in your fishroom is fine because it’s your fishroom. More than one thing can work. There are very few absolutes.
It so hard for most people to realize there are many ways to do things. I can’t stand it. Lol
Hi Michael 😁 I just noticed that a couple of my tanks were a little "off" yesterday. I had my hubby look at them as he is in construction. He pointed out to me that the rack is level, but the tanks are rimless and on leveling pads. It is so slight that he pretty much blew me off and said "Stop looking at all of that "faked- perfect" crap online. The fish don't effing care if waterline is not straight" I think you and he are cut from the same cloth 😆🤗
I already like your hubby! 😘
In my experience out of square is a much bigger issue than level. Put a couple of washers or small stone under just one corner of a tank and the torque created by the water weight will crack the bottom most every time. King of DIY (I'm not a fan) did a good video on the effect as have others.
Lol
I left a 2mm perplex piece ( small 10cm square) under my tank. I forgot about it and only realizd when one of the perplex sheets was no where to be seen. Will it be a problem? Tank size 160l brace less with foam mat under it.
From my experience, the taller the tank, the higher the water pressure is, and a tank that is not level will exert more pressure on one silicone seam, because aquariums are built to withstand tolerance, it doesn't mean a seam will immediately pop, but it does mean the water pressure is pushing harder on one area, the area that will eventually fail (may be 1 day, may be 10 years). In my opinion the thing that causes more seams to bust is when people place large/tall aquariums on bouncy floors as it causes the same types of stress on the seams. One reason i love stock tanks, IBC totes, etc is because they are plastic, have no seams, and don't need to be level. I personally level my glass aquarium stands, put a sheet of styrofoam under them to help with settling / self-leveling over time, and i've never had a single tank leak, ever. Everyone's experience will vary.
I've had tanks leak first time I filled them up straight from the factory. So I'm more cautious than michael is, but I don't have a basement (assuming he has a concrete floor with drains or a pump to pump out water) I think you're right about the bouncy floors. It is efinitely better to out them on concrete slab than wood framed floor joists.
Good info sir!
I've been keeping fish off and on for over 30 years, probably about 15ish accumulated total time, and I've never worried about level unless it is severe. I imagine rimless tanks it would create a problem with the seams, but with even that cheap plastic frame supporting seams, the glass strength of 55 gallon or smaller should be more than adequate to handle small bits of off level.
Thank you for this video. I recently bought a top fin 10 gallon tank, and within 5 days it started leaking! All these CZcamsrs say it’s leaking because the fish tank isn’t on a leveled surface. I did further research and found out this particular tank has many people complaining about leakages!!
Glad it helped
Wow was just thinking about this.You are correct I usually agree with you. I believe if I have a 500 gallon fish tank that I would try to get it as level as possible.😁😁😁. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!!!!!!
Right, me.....never!
You're absolutely right that a tank doesn't need to be level. But my ocd says otherwise 🤦♂️🤦♂️ i think its the water line that drives me nuts
I just put foam board on the bottom and it automatically levels.
Lol, I don’t feel your pain luckily.
@@MichaelsFishRoom that's a good thing
Small tanks i totally agree. Bigger tanks with glass bottom, without a rim, you could have a problem. But pressure points are far more dangerous
I mean my 90g is not level......
I have a 72 gallon bow front on carpet and it's not level. Not horribly off level but definitely not level. Been that way for ten years. The only problem I have with it being not level is opening the doors on the stand, they stick in a few places.
Thanks for sharing!
I agree it does not have to leveled.. My garage is not it leveled.. My 100gallon tank, one side is higher, been over 2yrs.. Still holding water.. I believe it's as long as your tank is on a flat surface then you'll be fine..
I agree!
The fish tank community is like web md. You can google anything and get the absolute doom and gloom worst case scenario possible or a bunch of people commenting who just push fear. I don’t get it. I’ve been trying to level a 75 stand to put a 20 long on. Driving myself insane. I needed this video.
Glad to help!
I have a 40 breeder I set up when I first started out and didn't know what I was doing. It is unlevel and been running continuously for years with no leaks plus it is a cheapo Aqueon ($ per gallon sale) where the silicone is noticeably messed up. I find with smaller tanks I don't worry about being level but the bigger they are the more I worry due to more pressure on the glass. I don't have any monster tanks though, so I guess I don't have to worry much.
Nice!
I've always noticed water lines in my aquarium are slightly uneven on the one side vs the other. My 29 gallon planted tank I have was fine. But my 75 gallon I had and the 40 breeder I have the water line seems a couple millimeters higher on the far side vs the other
Right, just like I said, it does not need to be level.
I totally agree, I have 10 tanks that aren’t leveled and 5 of them are setup like yours and I haven’t had a problem yet.
Nice
Could be the boards. Most likely the unlevel is due to the amount of silicone between the braces and the glass. They're never going to be dead nuts. Use the water line to base level. Side to side and fro t to back. If it passes the eye test, just enjoy your fish.
Did you watch the video?
@@MichaelsFishRoom yep. Gave it a big 👍 too.
As others have said, taller tanks have more pressure on the sides. I believe that small tanks like yours don't matter much for level or support under all the sides. If a tank is larger (guessing 75g or more) the tank could start flexing a bit and that could be bad news. Think about a big bowfront. I think it should be supported fully and level.
As with everything else in life, there is no easy answer that fits all scenarios...
Those boards of yours are definitely ready for replacement. They drive me nuts all the time. Just saying.
The height of the tank should not matter, the tank should be built to take a greater load across all sides than is possible to fill the tank with. If the sides of the tank are flexing beyond capacity then the bracing insufficient.
The reason to level your tank is your second point: support. Over the life of your tank, your tank stand or shelf is taking the mass of the tank and over time all that weight will compress your tank stand. It's only a small amount, but it will compress.
If the mass of the tank is not evenly distributed then you're going to get uneven compression. Which means over time you will lose support on one or more points of your tank. Sparing the physics lesson if a section of the tank's base is unsupported, there's nothing pushing back against gravity at that section.
The bigger the tank, the bigger the load on that unsupported section.
The gap you mentioned is due to something can be plumb which is up and down but yet not level. I agree with you, when we bought our house I never checked the floor in the fish room (basement) and I noticed the water line is not level. After 3 plus years now no problems
Told ya! LOL
Bahahahaha 😂 most people are not level 😂 over night they become experts fish keepers. And at this point i set back and laugh mikey haha
Bro, what h this one. czcams.com/video/e757noBdZLw/video.html
Funny this popped up today. My husband was helping me refill the tank today, and he commented that the tank wasn’t level. 🤷🏽♀️
The internet is tricky like that!
I wouldnt worry much the tanks with rims/frames, but might make difference with rimless frameless
Why do you think so?
@@MichaelsFishRoom I would guess the rim/frame would give the glass more support, while the rimless/frameless rely solely on the glue/silicone
I don't know whether a tank has to be level. But I have only one large tank (rimless), which sits in my living room, and it was no trouble to level it at installation. I figured it couldn't hurt to level the tank and making it level might provide some reduction in the risk of a catastrophe. Also, to my eye anyway, an unlevel water line is simply aesthetically unattractive in a display tank in the home.
I agree, it should be level, but it doesn't have to be level.
Thank you for making this video,my tank is not leveled because of my floor and I did everything to level it but still some gap..you really answered my question on this video.I was worried about it
Glad to help!
When I lived in my old apartment my one 20 high aquarium was 1.5 inches different because of mine subsidence. If you don't know what that means it is when old coal mines start to collapse and causes the ground to move. The whole area I lived in is under collapsing mines to the point that many homes were eventually condemned because of shifting ground.
Wow
Wow, interesting. How much overhang is there at the ends of your tanks? Why'd you not support those edges? While its lasted 5 years, do you ever wonder for how much longer? Thats livin' on the edge man 😂.
Nope, no need to worry.
i ave a 75 gallon and I just noticed it's not level. Almost a full centimeter (0.4 inches) from left side to right side., It keeps me up at night.
So many other things to worry about it that actually matter.
Put foam under the side that’s not level , I use 4 inches on my 125 gallon
@@user-hu3uq1sx8eThen it creates gaps.
@@MichaelsFishRoomWould your set up be any concern to you if it were in the kitchen or living room? I assume you have the tanks in the garage or basement on concrete and is perhaps why you're carefree about it.
I agree. Out of level isn’t a huge deal, within reason. I think it’s more of an issue with really heavy tanks that have a platform that is wonky, like setting it on a basement floor that is sloped in weird ways. I shimmed my DIY stand for my 75 out of paranoia. As long as your stand is pretty squared up, that should be good enough.
IF it works for you it is right for you.
From what I've read, as long as it isn't majorly off and isn't unlevel in different directions. If it's only unlevel side to side or front to back, it's probably fine. If it's unlevel front to back and side to side then I can see stress occurring.
For the bowing 2x4’s you could screw another, turned vertical, to the face of the existing. Would have to lower water level in the tanks to get the bow out but should keep it from happening again
Not a bad idea.
Let me know if it’s something you need a hand with
this is a perfect example of somebody blowing smoke up their own ass.
when you know in your heart something is wrong but you make up all the excuses in the world to convince yourself that it's ok.
i can imagine a similar thing was going on when you decided to stuff that flowerhorn into a shoebox. lol
same thing with that bowing piece of wood with the knot in it.
"it's ok, because it's been like that for a couple years".
...looking around that entire fish room is an absolute abomination hahaha
fish tanks half hanging off the cabinets wth
nah, it's all cool... it works in your fish room. it must be ok :)
You are so right, it must be wrong if it works! How is your arm?
I lost an tank that way The manufacturer use extra thin glass to save money too. If you noticed on some of the more economical tanks the glass is Getting Thinner. The glue work is getting worse. Leveling your tank will really matter soon as things are going the way of Cheaper is better.
Problem with cheaper tanks is the glass itself isn't level in alot of cases
I'm not sure it was because the tank was not level
Little known fact...the bubbles in levels are from fish farts.
🤣
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA
Love your videos man, thanks!
Thanks!
I just spent all of yesterday trying to level a 1/4 inch 😢
Did you get it level?
@@MichaelsFishRoom haha yea! I ended up using a car Jack and slid thin pieces of panel wood in there 😬
Watching you "measure" the tops of the tanks with the level was reminded of when I was spray painting the backs of some 5 gallon tanks. Had them all lined up on a table ~ noticed that a couple were a tad taller than the others. One corner or another. The black trim had not been glued on properly. So, some tanks aren't perfect to begin with. At least I hope it's the trim!
As for your tanks hanging over the shelf? Don't see a problem with it. As long as the shelf is holding 2/3 to 3/4 of the weight the tank is secure! However, wouldn't try this with a TV tray or press board furniture from Walmart (cringe).
But, this is an interesting topic! Thanks for sharing!
Thank for watching!
I’m still amazed your tanks don’t have seals rupture based where it looks like you’re supporting the tanks weights, even Cory has his supporting the corners (not being a negative Nancy or fish police) it just amazes me🎊
Lol, just goes to show you, believe what you see.
It isn't a huge deal for small tanks.. but in 200 gallons above i think it must be level
OK
I agree people blow it out if proportion but wouldn't it stress the seams on the side what's not level?
Not enough to make a difference.
Level no, but I would have argued to the END that all four corners have to be supported equally or the tank will crack BEFORE I saw your tanks that are sitting with the ends off. And I mean I can’t argue with the fact that they are still holding water…..
Lol
My 40 gallon breeder turtle tank was level and sitting on a carpeted concrete floor, so pretty much as sturdy as it gets. It sprung a massive leak a few days ago, it was pouring out the front of it so fast I couldn’t even tell exactly where it was coming from. It didn’t quit leaking until I had it almost completely drained, I’m so thankful I was home so I could drain it before all 40 gallons ended up on the floor! Even the 10 or so gallons that ended up on the floor was a huge mess. 😭
Wow
I always watch this video when I’m setting up a new tank or stand and get a little too OCD for my own good.
Glad to help!
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
Couldn't agree with you more!
Thanks!
Level - (my definition) perpendicular to gravity.
My garage slopes towards the entrance for drainage (as it should). My 6 foot tank (acrylic) is 5/8” off from end to end. 5-6 years old, I’m not worried. My 30 yr old acrylic 4 foot tank has been in the garage for 8 years… no worries. The shorter in height and length the tank, the less likely a problem. The taller a tank, the more weight (torque) being applied to the joints/seams.
Breakfast- my wife made an egg/cheese/ shredded potato/spinach/onion thing that was delicious; drinking my New Zealand Oolong.
sounds great except for the spinach
I have a 15 gallon that was in an old porch that was closed in and heated. The whole floor was on a slant. One side of the tank had at least a half inch more water than the other. I had it like that for 10 years. Still have and use the tank. It definitely doesn’t matter with smaller tanks. As you got bigger, I would take being level and proper support more seriously, but I wouldn’t stress about anything 55 or less gallons. You might even be able to have wiggle room with higher volume tanks, but I’ll avoid tempting that fate myself. 🤣
LOL
In my experience, which at this point is getting towards quite a few years, leveling is the cause of tank leakage and "breakage". I think the tendency towards the spontanious breakage increases with tank size. I don't bother to do this with small tanks. I now live in an 1856 historic house, the floors are absolutely not level. So we take pains to put wood down underneath the stands, and use a wood planer on it. Put the stand on that. Use the level during this process. I also put another piece of wood on top of the stand, I paint both to match so you don't notice either of them, which absorbs the brunt of the water during changes so the stand doesn't dissolve (often they are cheesy these days). How many tanks have I had combust? 3, on hardwood floors, during my younger days.
None of my tanks are level and I’ve had no issues.
10 gallons will hold water upside down, but my big ones I will continue to level. I have levels and shims in my vehicle all the time because I'm a contractor, so it's not hard for me to do. It's almost routine.
If it works, keep doing it.
The first time a person has a tank break, they will level their tanks forever after! In any case, I believe the big tanks need it - I've had them break after years of being fine and no problem, then splat and I'm rescuing fish in buckets. I don't bother with small tanks.
@@SirenaSpades Tanks that sit unlevel simply do not exert the pressures necessary for tank failure from the seams or glass breakage, however, tanks not supported equally at their contact points would most certainly eventually cause a tank failure from the twisting on its high point.
Rimless tanks with curved front glass can pop if not level framed tanks I doubt it
Cool, super rare rimless bow front tanks, got it.
none of my tanks hang over, I should be good. but my boards sagging or breaking under pressure would be a disaster and my biggest fear. I had a hose pump fail me once. dumped 40g of water on my floor. What a helpless feeling. My upper shelve tanks sit on a base of 2(2x8s) totaling 16in widths, with 4(4x4s) on top/across of the 2x8s, both type boards spanning a length of 8 feet. Sh_t they better not fail. I feel I may have over compensated for the weight distribution if there is such a thing lol. Good topic! Hope Upper Management had a nice Happy Mothers Day! I made pancakes, bacon and over easy eggs for my lady today. All good,
Thanks for watching and hope your lady enjoyed!
From an engineering perspective you are fine being supported that way. The worst thing you can do with a rimmed glass aquarium is put all the stress in the middle. That being said……the 2 x 4 with the knot………that is a potential problem. Would with knots is unpredictable.
It never ended up being an issue.
5:13 "Ooo this tank" ROTFL !
Lol
Ya they’re never a problem until they are.
or are they?
god god I will throw in a like and a follow. Im curently going mad over all of this as i await my first tank! thank you so so so much!
lol, don’t over think it! And thanks!
My tanks aren't level either never had a problem so I'm going with you Michael thanks for the video !!!
Thanks for watching!
Additional info from the building code for concrete floors: floor levelness is defined as the deviation of a line or surface from a horizontal line or surface (ACI 117.1) the standard test measures floor leveness over 10ft sample spans (ASTM E1155). I am generally more concerned with making the stand flat for my fish tanks and then leveling them using composite shims. My main concern for the tanks is the seals leaking.
Never had an issue, new and used tanks. Thanks for additional info!
@@MichaelsFishRoom I have had a new 38 gal leak at the seam in the first two weeks of setup. It appeared to be a manufacturing defect though.
For me, its all visual, it bugs my ocd that the water line isn't Level lol. It's not the glass but the seal I would worry about... if I worried. Fish tanks really are not high tech, simply glass held together by "glue" and depending on the quality of that hold, the extra pressure (more so from larger 55 gal + tanks) could be an issue. I actually just put out a video last week of a seal giving out on a 10 gal tank that was only one year old. Pissed me right off lol
Yeah, my OCD doesn't mind so.......LOL
I mainly go by the water level being equal on all sides in the tank for level vs with a level because I notice on some of my tanks the rim of the tank is a little bent and makes the level read wrong. Or I will make sure the stand is level.
Cool!
So I need to shimp the side which has lower water level, right?? @michaelfishroom
Shrimp?
We live in a home that has a crawl space under it,the floor is not perfect,so both my bow front tanks had to be leveled ,it would be taking a big chance not too.
If it helps you sleep at night!
Out working in the garden all day getting to this late. I hope not none of my tanks are level!
Lol
Hey Michael. How'd you know your levels level. Those tanks aint bad. You can see if its level by the distance of the water to the top of the tank. If you lift the level one end till the bubble is in the middle you can see how out of level it is by the gap under one end of level. That levels a bit short. I had a concrete floor put down. It was pissed. (Not level). Guy came with a 2 inch level. Put it on floor And said nothing wrong with that. I got 6ft level and a straight edge. Two inch gap at 6ft. Put level on wall. Level the bubble. Draw line using bottom edge of level. Turn level round. Put bottom edge on line. If bubble not centered then level is pissed. Or bubble in level. 😂😂
I had my level calibrated by the international level levelers society.
@@MichaelsFishRoom 🤣🤣🤣
Hello, I would like to know in your 90 Gallon tank of guppies there are two HOb filters fixed so whats should be the minimum gap left to the water surface of the tank or it should be 1-2 inch gap between the end of outlet and the water surface. Please advise.
There is only one sponge filter.
Happy Mothers day Mikey! 😘
Lol, thanks!
wow them flowerhorns are amazing
Thanks!
Hello, I think the aquarium should be as level as possible.
If it's big enough, it should be more even in detail, that's just my opinion.
Good job.
Thanks for watching!
I have a 75gal I’m really concerned about leveling. The bubble is just barely over the line. I think it’ll be okay, I’m going to add 1/2 foam to the stand as well.
Good luck
I couldn't level the kitchen counter so i used washers & coins under the corners of my 10 gallon to level it. I hope it will be OK?
I would rather it just be in the counter.
As a personal choice, I like to have the same distance between the water line and the top of the aquarium, just a personal choice, I work construction and its just something Im used to automatically do, everything I build or assemble i have to make it level, in an aquarium it does not matter to be level or not, water will follow level with gravity and it would exert force equally, unless your aquarium is out of level by 2 or 3 inches it should be fine..
Thanks for the info.
I agree with your statement about force of gravity which is straight down to the center of the earth. If we think about PSI (pounds per square inch) then I come up with mindboggling unanswered questions. For instance, a 55-gallon rain-barrel of water weighs about 458 pounds. But if I connect my hose to the water valve at the bottom of the rain-barrel, I don't end up with 458 PSI of water coming out of the hose. I only end up with a pressure from the water column height of a square inch. In other words, I end up with 1.5 pounds of PSI (pounds per square inch), which is nowhere near 458 pounds of water. It is the same with the aquarium. We are only exerting pressure at every square inch equal to the water column height. A large aquarium might have 21-inch height (125-gallon aquarium), but the force exerted per square inch is approximately .8 pounds per square inch of pressure at every square inch of the aquarium, this is less than 1 pound of water. However, a 125-gallon aquarium will have approximately 1,041.0 total pounds of weight. And this weight (force) is not exerted sideways but is exerted straight down according to gravity.
To sum it up, I would have to say leveling is not that important, my 110-gallon aquarium is not level it is off by maybe 1/2 inch over the length. It's been this way for nearly 10 years.
This video was extremely informative but I think we all know that plumb is far more important than level I insist on another video!😁
Maybe......
Thanks for pointing out the snobs and parrots of the fish community brother!
That’s why I am here!
I believe it needs to be level if they are large and especially if they are a bowfront !
Why?
My stuff ain't level either. . . however, I'd like it to be to satisfy my OCD. . . Not gonna drain a 55gallon planted with fish in it to try tho. . .
Lol
Sprinkler guy here, I spotted the rachio in the background. Are you using that to control an auto water change, or is that for your sprinklers? Lol sorry, I love when things are re-purposed, and people think outside the box
Yup, AWC system. Check my video on it.
As long as the water stays in, right?
Bingo
You don’t know why it cracked. Is because it wasn’t leveled
LOL, OK.
Do you have any larger tanks this out of level? like over 100 gallons? On 10 and 20 gallon tanks I wouldn't worry either.
The biggest tank I have is 90g, and it’s not level.
Funny thing - I don't level tanks here either - Are they way off? NO - but are they level? FK NO!
We are like twins.
One need not worry about slightly unlevel tanks. It may trigger the OCD crowd, but structurally, it would take a force far greater than the force exerted on a tank sitting a few degrees off level to be of any concern. Where caution comes into play, however, is how the tank sits at its contact points. There are normally four points of contact. They could be at the corners, centers, or anywhere along the perimeter of the bottom edge base of the tank. They must maintain equal footing, or contact, with whatever structure it sits upon. Just the uncorrected slight wobble would risk the tank failing and cracking from the twisting of the tank on its high point once filled with water. There are recorded examples of such failures on CZcams. Rubber matting or Styrofoam around the base of the tank would greatly reduce the chance of a tank failing from the pressures at a high point. Unlevel tanks, ok. Wobbly tanks, not ok.
The OCD crowd has spoken and they NEED them leveled!
Curious for my own planning purposes...what the largest tank you let overhang and whats the largest distance do they overhang?
20gallon, about 3 inches on either side.
@@MichaelsFishRoom thx, good to know.
I just bought a 5 gallon rimmed aquarium and it seems to have a slight wobble. I’ve placed it on multiple surfaces (kitchen counter, table top, and a few different spots on the floor) and it still has the same wobble. It’s *very* slight and goes diagonally between the back left and right front corners. I haven’t put any water in it as of yet so this is while it’s empty. Is this normal/safe? Or should I take it back to the store? TIA :)
I have never checked any of my tanks. I would be concerned.
So should I take it back to the store?
@@Kajra87 I wouldn’t, but it’s your money.
In your first reply you said you would be concerned - did you mean to say you wouldn’t?
@@Kajra87 sorry, yes. 🤦🏻♂️
It has been a year after this video. Do you have any more cracked or leaked tank or not at all? Thank you.
Nope
@@MichaelsFishRoom Thank you!
Your boards supporting the tanks should be in vertical position. Not flat like that.
Lol, ok.
I like the video based purly on the fact you said brain thinking.
Is that all it takes? Lol
Before some snowflake say just level each tank, if you shim it, then some glass isn’t touching at some point. More risky than unleveled tanks
Exact
All your tanks are mostly level. You really only need to be concerned if it's reeeeeally badly un-level.
Define "reeeeeeeeeealy" un level LOL
@@MichaelsFishRoom nah :D you know, you're just bein an ass. Clearly your tanks are level and you had maybe one or two I'd be concerned about. Also your wood shelves are bowing, not a great sign.
I don’t think it’s important unless you have big tanks, if I had a tank 55 gallons I would want it level.
Even my 90g isn’t level.
Tank could not be even, shelf/stand could be uneven, floor could be uneven 😱 My floor isn’t level on my guppy tank/stand. It’s just an anal-retentive annoyance. An issue maybe in 20 yrs, sure…BUT YOU SHOULD’VE ALREADY REPLACED A 20 YEAR OLD TANK! 🤦♂️
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Good Info Mike. Another myth busted!
Yup
Have u had an earthquake 😳
Yes, but very small.
Oooooo...wet t-shirt contest!!!!
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