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| RE: [detritus] Re: moving tanks |
Jim Atchison
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William, When I move tanks, I like to think of it sort of like carrying a box. I grip the two lower edges and carry it against my stomach. Yesterday I had to lift a 30g tank off the top row of a rack and placed a hand up against the bottom of the tank. I was nervous...I had visions of the glass giving way and my hand going up into the tank (the mind is a terrible thing to let run loose, let alone waste)...of course I've never had that happen but the bottom of the tank is not designed for smaller points of pressure. I don't rely on the frames to hold during a lift from the top. The frame is glued on with silicone cement...even new ones can pop off from time to time. Different sized tanks are made with varying thicknesses of glass on the sides and bottom...the 10 "All Glass" tanks are the same on all surfaces...I saw some back east by another manufacturer that were thicker on the bottom. To some degree I think you have to use common sense when picking up tanks...and the old ones especially. Glass gets old like humans and sort of wears out. My opinions of course. Take care, Jim The Bug Farm <http://www.livefoodcultures.com> 781 Del Ganado Road San Rafael, CA 94903 415-472-7294 ext. 222 San Francisco Aquarium Society <http://www.sfaquarium.org> --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Erik Leung [mailto:leun-@hotmail.com] --> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:43 PM --> To: detr-@topica.com --> Subject: [detritus] Re: moving tanks and mailing lists --> --> --> Hi William, --> --> I hold the tank via the bottom.. many smaller aquariums are --> strong enough to --> be held at the topside, but what you mention is true, some --> frames aren't --> well attached. Sometimes you'll see folks walking around during --> aquarium --> society meetings holding old rickety tanks one-handed via the --> top frame.. I --> think this is a risky state of affairs :-p --> --> You can configure your personal list settings so that posts are --> send out in --> a digest (note that you may not get time-sensitive posts in a timely --> manner). To set Detritus to digest format, login @ Topica.com w/ your --> username + password, select Detritus, and click --> --> Personal Options --> Email Address and Delivery --> Message Digests --> --> Cheers, --> --> --- --> ERIK LEUNG --> http://Toshir0.tripod.com --> --> --> ----Original Message Follows---- --> From: jgarde-@juno.com --> Reply-To: detr-@topica.com --> To: detr-@topica.com --> Subject: Random thoughts--moving tanks and mailing lists --> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:10:09 -0700 --> --> Since this list seems pretty quiet, I thought I might post some stuff... --> ;-) --> --> I got a ten-gallon tank at the last auction (complete with a "The Bug --> Farm" sticker!). As I was cleaning it and doing the leak test and that --> sort of thing, I got to wondering: what is the proper way to --> hold a tank? By --> the top or the bottom? The bottom part is the part that would --> have to be --> stronger because of water and gravity, but the top doesn't seem to have --> noticeably thinner glass. It would seem to depend on how well --> the plastic --> frame is glued in place. Any thoughts? Just wondering. ;-) --> --> Also, I just have to ask, is this list available in a digest format? It --> seems pretty quiet so far, but I'm signed on to other aquarium --> lists, and I --> always try to sign on for the digest format just to keep my email under --> control. ;-) Anybody know? --> --> It's great to have a way to talk to other SFAS members between meetings. --> ;-) --> --> William Tracy --> in the Land of the Hair Algae --> --> --> _________________________________________________________________ --> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at --> http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --> --> |
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