Can this tank hold my body weight??

[Bderick67]

Is the glass tempered?

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[zennzzo]

Hmmm... no need to insult my intelligence with stool comments. I can see myself hanging by the hips over the edge of the tank with a net in hand. I have a 49g column and I have to drain it half way and bend over the top and stick my upper body in to do anything with the substrate. Its quite the sight.

Anyhow, the suggestion to move it off the stand with the gravel in it sounds ok. But I've always been advised that its not safe to do that. What do you guys think?

nevermind I missed that post up there...

 

[TheFishJunky]

Is the glass tempered?

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hmmmmmmmmmm.........makes one wonder but a 10 gallon is like what? $10-15 bucks and "who cares" gets thrown in with it. Talk about the cash the "OP" is spending and there's no room for,"damnit I knew I shouldn't have done this!" IF it should crack. I have an old school tank with .75 inch glass in it but you wouldn't catch my fat arse climbing in it to dance

 

[Egon]

Hmmm... no need to insult my intelligence with stool comments. I can see myself hanging by the hips over the edge of the tank with a net in hand. I have a 49g column and I have to drain it half way and bend over the top and stick my upper body in to do anything with the substrate. Its quite the sight.

Anyhow, the suggestion to move it off the stand with the gravel in it sounds ok. But I've always been advised that its not safe to do that. What do you guys think?

Ahhhh.......Thoughts of Deuce Bigalow come to mind Anyway don't get in the tank. If you grind a stone into the glass it's over. Is the tank drilled on the bottom? I just moved my tanks and I removed the bulkheads and put a bucket under the openings and just pushed the gravel out. It was easy. I used a dust pan to push the gravel to the holes. After a couple of buckets it was light enough to move.
Yes you can move it with the gravel but it will be friking heavy. Make sure you plan a place to set it like a couple 2X4's so you can get your fingers out.

Good luck and any kind of Deuce Bigalow pics are welcome

 

[rdx1555]

Get a stool, plastic snow shovel, and a plastic trash can. I wouldn't go in the tank with gravel 150lbs concentrated onto a small point of a piece of gravel and that glass is done for. Barebottom prolly no problem but not worth the risk.

 

[zennzzo]

We ARE talking 1/2" safety glass...

 

[mgk]

yes it should hold your weight. just don't jump up and down. 250 holds over two thousand gallons of water. while it is spread out over the glass, I think it should be able to hold 150 lbs over a square foot(surface area of your feet).

personally I wouldn't feel safe if it couldn't hold a measly 150 lbs.

the strength of glass is ridiculously strong as long as there are no imperfections in it.

 

[Jonergin]

rdx1555, awesome idea! I bet I can find one skinny enough to fit in the tank and with a long enough handle. YEAH!

I'll see if I can recruit my friend's wife to take pics. I'll for sure let you all know how it goes either way. I had to rent a Uhaul to move it less than 2 miles because none of us own a truck big enough.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Hmmm... no need to insult my intelligence with stool comments.

Two flies were buzzing over a pile of crap when one fly said to the other, "Is this stool taken?"

...Its quite the sight... ...What do you guys think?

I think we are going to need a video.

...a custom 250 gallon tank with everything but the stock...

On a serious note... My 250g weighs a little over 300 pounds empty. I added six 40 lb bags of gravel (river rock). I was a bit excessive with the gravel, but it gives you (and everyone else) some perspective of what you are up against. Obviously, setting the tank on the floor is not an option. A net is less than ideal for scooping gravel in large quantities (or gravel the size of pebbles). I think your best bet is going to be buckets and a square head shovel. You'll probably want the type of shovel with the full length handle but one of the short handle shovels might be convenient depending on how long of a reach you have. You may also also want a rope tied to the bucket handles to assist in getting the buckets in and out of the tank once they are filled (but not full).

I moved my tank by myself. I used a hand cart and my brain. By paying attention to where the center of gravity of the tank was, I never had to lift more than half of the weight of the tank. When you move the tank off of the stand, scoot it to one end and then lower the hanging side of the tank to the floor. Set the edge of the tank on folded towels or anything to cushion the edge and side. Next, stand the tank on it's side and then slide the hand cart under it. Strap the tank and hand cart together before attempting to move them. The stand will probably weigh as much as the tank, so you may want to use the cart for it also. I stood my stand on end and strapped the cart to it. I moved it by myself also.

When I put the tank back on the stand, it was already standing on end due to having it on the hand cart. I then just tilted it toward the stand and leaned it on the end of the stand. Then all I had to lift was about half of the tanks weight as I pushed the rest of it on the stand.

Helpful hint: You can buy more man hands with beer and pizza than you can with an outlay of cash.

 

[Jonergin]

LOL Chompers, some day I'll set up a webcam for a cleaning of the column tank, its right behind me as I type.

Good helpful hint too. When I told the current owner that I'd bring beer to facilitate hard work he said he would bring more of his friends.