Something BIG....is coming

[fishman646]

congratulations man! I cant wait to see this set up! and is that your civic?

 

[chesterthehero]

reinforcing the floor friggin blows.. the key is to be fat and that way someone else has to do it for you.. just be sure to hangout and watch and fetch tools and stuff..

 

[brianp]

When they delivered my 350 (about 450 pounds crated) I had it moved off the liftgate onto a pair of furniture movers...those little carpeted things with wheels. I then pushed it into the garage. Basically, you just need enough guys to lift the thing onto the stand. Make sure they remove rings and watches so they don't scratch the tank. Also, keep two guys in the middle to prevent the tank from flexing.

 

[nitrofish1]

SRH! Nice.....

Ill be watching this build, looks like itll be grand.

Plan to stock with?.....

 

[tcarswell]

Yup, you got it

I disassembled and reassembled the stand. The fish room it goes in got real small all of a sudden. Next step will be re-enforcing the floors

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CONGRATS! that is gonna be sweeeet. What are you gonna put in there?

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Nice, I would love to see the pic process you use to re-enforce the floor...

 

[prskiller]

Nice stand but for a tank that big and heavy I would've notched the 4x4's so that the 2x4's would rest on and within the 4x4s. Putting 2x4s vertical along side the 4x4s in between the 2x4 cross members would help the same.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Excellent progress, looks like your ready to go

 

[Bderick67]

Thanks all

congratulations man! I cant wait to see this set up! and is that your civic?

Thanks, it's my son's civic.

When they delivered my 350 (about 450 pounds crated) I had it moved off the liftgate onto a pair of furniture movers...those little carpeted things with wheels. I then pushed it into the garage. Basically, you just need enough guys to lift the thing onto the stand. Make sure they remove rings and watches so they don't scratch the tank. Also, keep two guys in the middle to prevent the tank from flexing.

Thanks for the tip, I am planning on unloading into a pickup bed. This way I can move into the garage and then to the window that it will have to be carried through. Hopefully this will eliminate some lifting and carrying.

SRH! Nice.....

Ill be watching this build, looks like itll be grand.

Plan to stock with?.....

CONGRATS! that is gonna be sweeeet. What are you gonna put in there?

Main stock will be my two 27" silver aros, hoping my 19" black will live peacefully also. Will also be home to rotkeil severums, G altifrons, G Brasiliensis. From there I am kinda undecided. I would like to keep it all South American, but I have a 26" tire track eel and 3 9" suncats I would like to add.

Nice, I would love to see the pic process you use to re-enforce the floor...

Lots of pics to come. I actually have two floors to support. The floor the tank sits upon and since the basement floor is also a wood subframed floor, I am going to have to add support there too

Nice stand but for a tank that big and heavy I would've notched the 4x4's so that the 2x4's would rest on and within the 4x4s. Putting 2x4s vertical along side the 4x4s in between the 2x4 cross members would help the same.

Thanks for the tip, the stand still need to be finished. This is just the piliminary work. I started the build in the garage, then had to disassemble and move into the house. From here it will receive the remainder of the work.

Excellent progress, looks like your ready to go

Ya it's coming along, still have much work to do though.

Again Thanks all, More to come.....

 

[Bee0912]

That is going to be sweet! lets see some pix of the rest of the fish room!