New 230

So im setting up my 230.  Its looking great so far.  I got water in it tonight.  I have a question though.  It appears my floor is not perfectly level.  The water in the back of the tank is about 1/2 inch lower then in the front of the tank.  Is this going to cause any problems down the road?

Another thing.  I have this Iwaki 100 RLT pump is there any way to quiet it down some?  It sounds like im running a jacuzzi in my living room.

I dont hear a squill and the pump seems to run strong.  ill try placing something underneath it.

Many places will have this problem.  Cedar shims work great and should be installed before the tank is placed on the stand.  Since you are already wet, I would follow Bob's advice and carefully level the tank as instructed.

One other thing you may want to consider is that if the back is higher than the front it may have implications for your overflow(s) - assuming you have the standards overflow(s) in the back of your tank.

Do you have a flexable pvc, or tubing comming in and out of the pump, if you are all hard plumbed with PVC you will have more vibration noise in the system, other than using flexable material to lessing the vibration and a good pad under it I don't think you can do much more to quite it down.

I personally think the 100RLT is over kill for that tank, but everyone on here will have a different opinion.  I do think you can get a pump with that flow rate, which will use up less energy and be quieter while running.  The 100RLT is a great pump especially if you have a major head issue you have to overcome.  The 100RLT has a max head of 39ft, but if you are just running it from under your tank's stand, it is way overkill. 

 

I use to run one for getting water from my basement frag tank, up stairs to the main tank with a 30ft run of pipe and a little over 22ft head.  With this pump I ran all of my systems off of it, but later switched to a 70RLT to return water to the main display and a mag 7 for the return for the frag tank.  The main purpose for this switch was to save electricity compared to running the 100RLT by itself.

When I got this tank I didnt imagine it would be this much work.  I have been working my but off for the last week and I am very close.  See the pic above let me know what you think.

My AC went out in my house a few weeks ago.  It wiped out my 90.  Every coral in it was dead.  I was so sad.  I decided to take a break from corals for a little while.  Im gonna just enjoy my fish.  I want to add in a few triggers, puffer, eel.  Im gonna enjoy FOWLR for a while.

I have never had an Iwaki pump before so I dont know how loud and how hot they normally run.  And being as I got this one used with the tank the condition of the pump is really uknown.  I do know it pumps water and is strong.  But I dont want to take any chances.  I thought about buying a new pump but I want to know if there is some place I can take this existing pump and have it rebuilt.  I am redoing all my plumbing this weekend.  I dont like the way it turned out.  So now would be the perfect time to have the pump gone through.  Can you guys recommend anyone to rebuild this pump?

Maybe im ok then.  Its hot like a cup of cofee.  I think most my noise is vibration noise and fan noise that im not used too.  Im redoing my plumbing this weekend I think I can get rid of the vibration with your suggestions and maybe ill replace the fan.