Moving a filled tank on stand

[105man]

I have a 56 All Glass corner tank, on the same manufacturer's wood cabinet stand. It is on a smooth wood floor. Is it ridiculous (disasterous!) to try to move it a couple of inches by just pushing the stand?

I guess the tank weighs 600lbs.

 

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't do it. I would drain as much water as I could then maybe give it a try.

 

[grav]

In my younger days....

I moved a 55. Thought I was the king of the land. I could do anything, knew everything then...

It was on a WICKED (yea, I'm from Boston) solid stand. Made it from 2*6s and 2*8s.

Put a few solid wood dowel rollers under it and moved it about a foot to the left.

Worked great. Thought I was god for 3 months. Then upon returning from a long weekend 55 gal of water on the floor...

Oh the horror......

Rug: destroyed.

Landlord: pissed.

Stink: significant.

Work: un-ending

Suggestion: DO NOT move ANY tank with more that 10#s of anything in it. Just not worth the risk.

 

[NewMan]

i second righty & grav view.........not a entirely interesting thing when you find Salt Water all over the floor 8O

 

[Anonymous]

Why oh why does everything happen when one is away for the weekend? :roll: Makes me never want to take a vacation again. :?

Jim

 

[WRASSER]

hey 105,


i know you want to save money, time, and energy but drain the tank,pick a spot, filler back up and leave it alone.



good luck.




wrasser 8)

 

[Anonymous]

A Rubbermaid from the hardware store is a very cheap way to keep 40 or so gallons o' salt water for a brief period, while doing the move.

 

[Anonymous]

It's just as easy to drain the tank and move it. It ain't worth the heartbreak of damaging your tank just to save a bit of time.

 

[Anonymous]

water weights 8.5 lbs per gallon. then add in your substrate. then add in your live rock.


... don't even try it.

 

[Eve]

We moved our 125 gallon using car jacks (2 - one on each end of the tank) laid down on their side.

Because of poor planning the tank was too close to the all and there wasn't enough room behind the tank. We drained down 1/3 of the tank because the original plan was to physically push the tank with the help of reefer friends, but my husband came up with the idea of using the car jacks. We put the jacks between the stand - one jack on each corner- and the wall and each person starting turning the jacks evenly. The tank moved so smoothly that the water didn't even rock. We probably didn't even need to remove any of the water after seeing how smoothly the tank moved. We only had to move in about 1-2 feet. The tank is on a hardwood floor but I had a runner down under it and plastic between the runner and the tank stand. The jacks moved everything together smoothly (tank, runner and plastic).

 

[Joe DeSantis]

I moved a 125 about 20yards by draining it halfway and using those "moving men" furniture sliding discs. They work great! I use a crowbar and GENTLY pry each corner up and slide one under. Make sure that you get the ones that are big enough. I would suggest the 3" discs. When you push the tank get help and push LOW on the stand. Slowly but surely the tank WILL slide. You could probably do it with ease by doing a water change at the same time as the move to help lighten it up.Good luck

 

[Anonymous]

water weights 8.5 lbs per gallon. then add in your substrate. then add in your live rock.


... don't even try it.

That's specific to saltwater. Spot on, Hwa.