Moving a filled tank

[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.

[Hebdizzle]

you can push 600 pounds? wow

why is a couple inches such a big deal?

Aaron

[105man]

Not sure I can push it. The few inches has to do with space for something else...not a very interesting reason!

[blitzen25bm]

yea the water sloshin can push at the aquarium sides, go get a big rubbermaid box for like 15 bucks and drain atleast 3/4 of the tank and then pump the water back in and then dry and return the box

[TKOS]

Pushing 600 pounds isn't that crazy. Those World Strong Man competitions have them pushing and pulling buses. In the gym I can push 600 pounds of weight with my legs and I am not that big of a guy.

That being said I wouldn't do it to a full fish tank. I would definately take out as much water as possible and then move it. Use it as a good chnace to do you water change.

[somefinnfishy]

If its the open glass shelfed stand DONT PUSH IT.
Those stands look nice and hold the weight but are not solid wood and might very colapse if enough side force is aplied.
when I slide tanks:rolleyes: I sit and push with my feet on the bottom so I dont tip it or colapse the stand

[JSchmidt]

I wouldn't even consider unless you emptied all but a couple of inches of water. A tank that size is seriously top-heavy, and I don't care how smooth your floor is, with that much weight, the stand is likely to give way. You might get away with it, but I wouldn't try it.

Jim

[carpguy]

I think its one of those situations where you have to ask yourself "What's the potential downside? What happens if something goes wrong?"

Those things aren't designed to have several hundred pounds of force applied to them sideways.

I'd go with the rubbermaids, drain it down near empty, fish in a bucket. A little bit more time and effort, much more modest downside.

[NJ Devils Fan]

I wouldn't even get one of those rubbermaid tubs. When you do your water change, empty out as much as possible, enough for the fish to swim in, and then push. It really shouldn't be a problem. To make it less stressful on the stand, have someone pulling on the other side while you push.

[cdawson]

Originally posted by 105man
Not sure I can push it. The few inches has to do with space for something else...not a very interesting reason!
You could try picking one end of the stand up off the ground a bit and pushing it. I did that for my 50g.