Posted: 8/23/2011 9:28:08 AM EDT
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I have a 320 gallon tank I need to move from 2 flat dollies on the floor on to a stand I made for it. It weighs just under 800lbs. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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I dont think a hoist would fit thru the door and the tank is glass. I'm off 7th ave and bell,Im planning this on Saturday. The tank is big,measures out at 84"x30x30 its 3/4 glass with an 1 1/2 bottom. its on my dining room floor next to the stand. And to make it even harder the stand is 36" high.  Planning on buying beer and pizza. |
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Quoted: Quoted: That's a lot of weight if you plan on filling it, it better be a good stand, and floor. Roughly 4800lbs You'd be amazed at the store bought stands. For a 300 they are made out of 3/4" plywood with a chintzy 1x2 frame. Aquarium I take it? Yeah home built 2x4 stands are way beefier than store stands. It's amazing what 3/4 plywood or MDF can hold up when oriented vertically  |
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Quoted: I way overbuilt.3x 2x6 on the corners and 2x 2x6 in the middle Quoted: Quoted: That's a lot of weight if you plan on filling it, it better be a good stand, and floor. Roughly 4800lbs You'd be amazed at the store bought stands. For a 300 they are made out of 3/4" plywood with a chintzy 1x2 frame. Aquarium I take it? Yeah home built 2x4 stands are way beefier than store stands. It's amazing what 3/4 plywood or MDF can hold up when oriented vertically |
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Quoted: I way overbuilt.3x 2x6 on the corners and 2x 2x6 in the middle Wow, yeah I think that could hold at least three times that amount of water Is this going to be fresh, salt or reef? I had a 90 gal. reef that I miss, but I don't miss the maintenance. My ex managed to kill a couple corals that nuked the tank while I was out of the country for work  That was the end of pretty much all my aquariums. Sadly, I'm busy this weekend and you're way outside my AO  . Come on you guys near the 17, help him out. Glass aquariums don't generally react well to hoists and chains and shit. This has to be done by several big dudes lifting it by hand.
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Quoted: Quoted: I way overbuilt.3x 2x6 on the corners and 2x 2x6 in the middle Wow, yeah I think that could hold at least three times that amount of water Is this going to be fresh, salt or reef? I had a 90 gal. reef that I miss, but I don't miss the maintenance. My ex managed to kill a couple corals that nuked the tank while I was out of the country for work That was the end of pretty much all my aquariums. Sadly, I'm busy this weekend and you're way outside my AO . Come on you guys near the 17, help him out. Glass aquariums don't generally react well to hoists and chains and shit. This has to be done by several big dudes lifting it by hand. I'm moving my 180 reef into this.It's been a buttload of work just to get the old tank torn down. |
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Quoted: I'm moving my 180 reef into this.It's been a buttload of work just to get the old tank torn down. Niiice, 300 will be a really good sized reef. I expect pics of the new one  And just to play fair, some pics of my 90gal reef before its early demise:      I had some new rock in there that was slowly building up coraline algae - hence the white rock you will see in some of the pics. I miss the clown fish the most. Talk about fish with personality
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Quoted: That clam is sweet. Wish my clowns would host but they just hang out by the front of the tank begging for food.lol haha, mine did the same thing. Nobody who hasn't owned clowns ever believes me that they have personality. Mine would follow me all over the place, play with me when I would put my hands in the tank, beg for food, defend their anemones, etc. They are quite entertaining for fish |
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It was easier to move than I thought it would be. I'm glad it worked out,I felt like a dick not being able to make it. Yeah. Asshole.
Seriously, it worked out fine. It really wasn't that heavy with all of us lifting. We all stood around for a while trying to work up the courage to do it, I think, but when we finally did it, it took maybe 30 seconds.
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Pics of the monster!  You drilling this sucker I would assume? How big is the sump? Running a single or dual protein skimmers? My reeftek was the best purchase I ever made for my reef. tank. I wanna see build pics in this thread as you get it together. Since I no longer have the time nor $$$ to invest in a reef tank, I must live vicariously through you 
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Quoted: Pics of the monster! You drilling this sucker I would assume? How big is the sump? Running a single or dual protein skimmers? My reeftek was the best purchase I ever made for my reef. tank. I wanna see build pics in this thread as you get it together. Since I no longer have the time nor $$$ to invest in a reef tank, I must live vicariously through you Its predrilled with an overflow,I have an acrylic sump around 90 gallons with a fuge ,ill grow pods and cheato in it. running a reeflow dart as a return pump with 2 mp40w's plan on getting a few more. For a skimmer i have the msx 200 with a bubble blaster pump mod,later this year im going to a atb cone with the red dragon pump.I have my lights from the 180 (3x250 halides in 14k)But my buddy is going to solder me up and led array ,very excited about this.I have the sand and rock in it.tomorrow night Im doing the plumbing and Ill get some pics of it. |
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Quoted: Its predrilled with an overflow,I have an acrylic sump around 90 gallons with a fuge ,ill grow pods and cheato in it. running a reeflow dart as a return pump with 2 mp40w's plan on getting a few more. For a skimmer i have the msx 200 with a bubble blaster pump mod,later this year im going to a atb cone with the red dragon pump.I have my lights from the 180 (3x250 halides in 14k)But my buddy is going to solder me up and led array ,very excited about this.I have the sand and rock in it.tomorrow night Im doing the plumbing and Ill get some pics of it. Nice, LED's were just coming into style as I was getting rid of all my stuff. I ran T5's for all my corals and was very happy with the results, but I didn't have a super deep tank to contend with. |
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Quoted: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/eeeric/2011-09-01201847.jpg The sand is almost all settled Sweet, that's a lot of room to play with! |
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Quoted: I'm going to try and keep it open,Im going to try the less is more on it. Its almost clear by tomorrow it should be. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/eeeric/2011-09-02094231.jpg I'd want more rock, but that's just me. I like the shittons of rock look The fish probably prefer it more open I'm sure, especially if you have any tangs. |
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Quoted: Four tangs, a red sea sailfin i grew from the size of a silver dollar a yellow eyed kole a blonde naso and a regal i grew from about 2" Niiice. I had a purple tang that I bought and had to isolate and nurse back to health when he came down with ick about 2 days after I bought him. Pet shop would have exchanged him, but I knew he'd just die if I took him back. But he came back strong |