Wheels on the aquarium stand?

Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.
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Suzie-Q wrote:

Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.

600 top-heavy pounds, rolling across an uneven floor? Sounds like a
disaster in the making. Move it very carefully.

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Pete Becker
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd.

I have a 120L tank on a cabinet stand, and here in Spain where the vast
majority of floors are tiled it is very easy to slide along and move,
even for one person, but I certainly would be very wary of using
wheels, unless you are using those of industrial strength as most just
will not stand the strain

"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.
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I ask my husband the same thing last night we are setting up an 120 gl,
sounded like a good idea to me also, he said "no way" first reason because
as someone else stated they would have to be strong wheels, second reason,
he has the notion that fish tanks should not be moved around, but moving it
while full with water could cause damage to the tank, or your house, if
something would happen. But I also have a 55 gl, empty at the moment, we had
a pacu in it for years and I (he) moved it a few times by taking most of
the water out and pulling it. not something you want to do unless you have
to.
Nikki

"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.
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That would put all the weight on only 4 points on the floor. A stand
distributes the weight all along it's length and width. I'll pass on this
idea.
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:27:04 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:


"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
...
Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.
==========================
That would put all the weight on only 4 points on the floor. A stand
distributes the weight all along it's length and width. I'll pass on this
idea.

That's been in the back of my mind since this thread began, and for
thirty years I've been setting up aquariums in my 200 plus years
houses. These old post and beams with broad floorboards can take a
lot. And the post and beam construction style has a little wiggle room
built in for the inevitable shifts of the structure from season to
season. They stand up well to hurricanes and tornadoes as well. I've
thought less about the overall support of the floor under the aquarium
as I have about the individual tiny spots that the four legs of a
typical iron aquarium stand distributes its weight. Simply exchanging
the iron stand for a wooden structure with, say, 1x1 or 1x2 legs will
distribute the weight tremendously. All of my aquariums sit on wooden
furniture intended for something else. All of the furniture "stands",
rest on the floor on solid vertical boards wrapped all the way around,
rather than 4 legs. After we got done changing baby diapers we turned
the chest of drawers with the baby changing platform on top into a
perfect stand for a 29 gallon tank. The bureau even has raised edges
around the top, like a dry sink. Perfect. I could overflow the tank
and it wouldn't drip on the floor. Another long time aquarium stand
was originally a storage cabinet for record albums. (Younger readers,
please check with Google for "record player".) When spanning floor
joists near a weight bearing wall, I would think that spreading the
weight over 4 or 6 foot distances evenly would be less stressful on
everything than distributing the weight on 2 little legs 6 feet apart.
My father was an engineer, so when the Oedipal bug hit me at 5, I
decided I would fix him by letting the left side of my brain atrophy.
And the technical wizardry in this message is the result. Eat your
heart out, Bucky Fuller.

-- Mister Gardener

In article ,
Pete Becker wrote:
Suzie-Q wrote:

Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.

600 top-heavy pounds, rolling across an uneven floor? Sounds like a
disaster in the making. Move it very carefully.

They make them for cars, and they lock. As long as they're rated for the
correct amount of weight, and lock no problem. In theory.

I can't say I've ever actually heard of anybody doing this, although
I have seen a killi-condo that had lots of small tanks on sliding rails
like drawers.


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Richard Sexton wrote:
In article ,
Pete Becker wrote:

Suzie-Q wrote:


Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.

600 top-heavy pounds, rolling across an uneven floor? Sounds like a
disaster in the making. Move it very carefully.


They make them for cars, and they lock. As long as they're rated for the
correct amount of weight, and lock no problem. In theory.


Yup. And SUV's don't roll over. g Any heavy weight, high above a
narrow base, is asking for trouble if you try to move it. Doesn't take
much to tip it over.

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Pete Becker
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd.

Well actually the wheels could be pretty simple and not overly built
and it would probbaly hold up just fine. The biggest weak link is the
axle assembly, and how its attached to the stand overall. They maake a
vast assortment of devices that you can easily lift 500 pounds or more
with a simple step of the foot, raising it up ands into the lock
position, then you can roll it where needed, then step on it again and
it unlatches and drops back to the full down position. These devices
when installed still allow full complete contact of the frame or stand
assembly when in the down position. When up.it matters not as its not
meant to be left in the up positioon for any time other than moving. I
tend to agree its best to place tank where it needs to be in the
first place and not move it around when rearranging the furniture in
the room.

Some if not most of the typical stands I have seen that are being
peddled by lfs under major tank manufacturers nnames leave a lot to be
desired.........and I personally would be hard pressed to fit any type
of wheels to them......as I sort of view those stands as barely being
able to suport them selves yet alone a tank full of water and gravel.


On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:00:22 -0500, "Nikki"
wrote:

"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
...
Have any of you ever put wheels on your aquarium stand, in case
you have to move the acquarium?

I plan to get a 55-gal aquarium soon.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/

I ask my husband the same thing last night we are setting up an 120 gl,
sounded like a good idea to me also, he said "no way" first reason because
as someone else stated they would have to be strong wheels, second reason,
he has the notion that fish tanks should not be moved around, but moving it
while full with water could cause damage to the tank, or your house, if
something would happen. But I also have a 55 gl, empty at the moment, we had
a pacu in it for years and I (he) moved it a few times by taking most of
the water out and pulling it. not something you want to do unless you have
to.
Nikki


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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:27:04 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:
That would put all the weight on only 4 points on the floor. A stand
distributes the weight all along it's length and width. I'll pass
on this idea.

That's been in the back of my mind since this thread began, and for
thirty years I've been setting up aquariums in my 200 plus years
houses. These old post and beams with broad floorboards can take a
lot. And the post and beam construction style has a little wiggle room
built in for the inevitable shifts of the structure from season to
season. They stand up well to hurricanes and tornadoes as well. I've
thought less about the overall support of the floor under the aquarium
as I have about the individual tiny spots that the four legs of a
typical iron aquarium stand distributes its weight. Simply exchanging
the iron stand for a wooden structure with, say, 1x1 or 1x2 legs will
distribute the weight tremendously. All of my aquariums sit on wooden
furniture intended for something else. All of the furniture "stands",
rest on the floor on solid vertical boards wrapped all the way around,
rather than 4 legs. After we got done changing baby diapers we turned
the chest of drawers with the baby changing platform on top into a
perfect stand for a 29 gallon tank. The bureau even has raised edges
around the top, like a dry sink. Perfect. I could overflow the tank
and it wouldn't drip on the floor. Another long time aquarium stand
was originally a storage cabinet for record albums. (Younger readers,
please check with Google for "record player".) When spanning floor
joists near a weight bearing wall, I would think that spreading the
weight over 4 or 6 foot distances evenly would be less stressful on
everything than distributing the weight on 2 little legs 6 feet apart.
My father was an engineer, so when the Oedipal bug hit me at 5, I
decided I would fix him by letting the left side of my brain atrophy.
And the technical wizardry in this message is the result. Eat your
heart out, Bucky Fuller.

-- Mister Gardener
=======================
I have one of those old four footed metal stands for a 55g/top and
30L/bottom. When I was using it it was set on 2x4's that were stained and
polyurethane to help distribute the weight across the floor joists. I think
I'm going to set my 30L up on the large strong commercial coffee table in
the sunroom. I'll have to get rid of some tropical plants. I feel like
I'm playing musical furniture here.... there's never enough wall space for
tanks. :-(
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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