Movable Monster?

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Jack Dempsey
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Has anyone successfully built a very large tank that can be broken down and moved? I'd really like to build a 500+ tank, but anything in that size range is almost impossible to move around inside a house, nevermind the concern of getting through doorways and so on. I did see a 600ish glass tank once, and to move, you had to break down the seams, the bottom was 3 panes, and re-silicone when you set it up in a new location. A lot of work, but the tank would be otherwise un-movable.

I'm thinking like an 8x4x2 or 8x3x3 or something, but with all the popular materials like plywood, drylok, concrete, etc it's tough to make re-sealable seams, or even movable sections (in the case of concrete).

I'm thinking the easiest to move and re-setup would be a structure where either all the seams of the tank came apart and you just moved the panels, or a tank that was split down the middle into a couple of shorter sections that would fit through doorways and so on. Anyone have inventive thoughts or experience here?
 
Just had a thought... for breakable and re-assemblable seams, you could make each wall with T-nuts so it could be taken apart easily, and then use a pond liner. How reliable is a pond liner-to-window type of seal? how is this usually accomplished? I've seen a number of people with the intent to do this, but I can't recall ever seeing the details of how you'd seal the window in place with the pond liner.
 
I hear PVC pondliners can be bonded to acrylic...
 
an 8x4x2 tank should be easy to get into a house being on its side its only 2ft wide, 4ft tall, 8ft long(note to those who dont read fully, i mean turned sideways). it would be no harder than moving a couch or bed, except for the weight. anything taller than 30" and you will run into problems with doorways, so stick with 24".
 
dmopar74;1345726; said:
an 8x4x2 tank should be easy to get into a house being on its side its only 2ft wide, 4ft tall, 8ft long(note to those who dont read fully, i mean turned sideways). it would be no harder than moving a couch or bed, except for the weight. anything taller than 30" and you will run into problems with doorways, so stick with 24".

i just got this size in my basement with 3 guys no problem. it only weighed about 300 lbs.
 
tunerX;1345663; said:
This is the idea I am using for mine.

http://www.jonolavsakvarium.com/eng_diy/2200litre/2200litres.html

This is a link to my thread, that I started on Cichlid-forum. I haven't updated lately. I am just about finished with my monster sump setup and will be doing the test fill this weekend. I used 3/8" bolts. Breaking it down will take some work but it can be broken down no problem.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=153460&highlight=519
Well get some pix up already ;) interested people here! :ROFL:
 
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