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Hello everyone, I am currently getting a good start on my 180 gallon reef build and have a couple of questions for anyone that can help. I just built my stand for this monster tank using some plans I found on another forum. The plans state I won't need a center brace using the preferred 2 x 8's on the top railing but this makes me a bit nervous. If I came home with my house flooded from the stand giving out I believe this grown man would cry. The stand feel very rigid but just would like some assurance on leaving the braces out. The other question I have is how level does this have to be? I understand I want it as level as possible but is there any give? I used a transit to check about 20 points throughout the stand and the maximum variance is under 1/8 of and inch. Would this be flat enough for this large of a tank?