Subj : Re: Cleaning an old empty tank
To : Scott Brown
From : Jeff Snyder
Date : Thu Nov 12 2009 07:01 pm
On 11/12/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Scott Brown: Re: Cleaning an old empty
tank.
SB> Sounds like a plan.. :) Thanks. It's at my parents house right now, my Mom
SB> put wrapping paper around it so you can't see how messy it looks. :) I'll
SB> have to go over and fill it this weekend. Hopefully it won't go tru their
SB> ceiling! They have a pretty old house. I'm not sure how much it wieghs
SB> when it's full, only that it's too heavy to move. Scott....
Scott, I would be VERY careful where you place that tank before you fill it
up, if it is an old wooden house.
If it is truly a 110 gallon tank, at eight pounds per gallon, if you fill it
up with water alone, that is a total of 880 pounds, besides the weight of
the glass, gravel and rock decor, etc. You are easily looking at 900-1,000
pounds of weight sitting on an old wooden floor, which tend to bow and
weaken with age.
You don't want the tank to end up in the basement, do you? :)
The safest thing to do would be to place the aquarium on a solid, concrete,
bottom-level floor.
Just my opinion.
Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23
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