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Thread: Moving a tank?
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Old 03-11-2008, 11:32 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I don’t know how big your tank is but I would not suggest moving it without taking the water out. 1 gallon of salt-water weights somewhere around 8.5 lbs. So if you have a 55 gallon you are looking at about 470 lbs of just water. Consider as well that when you move the tank the water is going to do some serious sloshing causing significant weight shifting possibly making your moving method unstable.

I would guess smaller tanks aren’t as big of a problem but anything with a number of gallons would not be worth the risk. Good luck drain the water if you can.


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