25 Litres Of Water - How Heavy Is Heavy?!

[MermaidMel]

This long slim tank is going on a shelf that is basically the same height (bar 2cm) as the tank, so water changing is going to be tough! I don't plan to llift the whole thing, more so just slide is slightly out, enough room to fit a syphoning tube in the corner.

Am I stupid even trying? Would the weight bearing on that tiny corner cause stress cracks or even a complete buckle?

I don't want to fill it until I'm absolutely sure.

 

[Samphire]

How will you re-fill it during water changes?My little 25l is heavy btw, it suprised me how heavy it was when I filled it in kitchen and had to lift it to living room

 

[MermaidMel]

I guess I would syphon it back in the same way

 

[Spooky76]

I wouldnt do it if I could avoid it.

1litre of water is approx 1kg, so your 25 = 25kg....thats heavy...almost broke into a song there

 

[Matty P]

It is roughly 1kg per litre, I think. Plus the gravel and whatever else you put in the tank.

 

[MermaidMel]

You think it would cause it to crack?
It's kinda the only place I have to put it

 

[Samphire]

To syphon back may be a problem would you be able to hold the water higher than the tank.

 

[MermaidMel]

Mmm, my plan is failing

The tank is 24" long but I'm guessing it would be better 12" tanks that I can lift out and deal with - I wish I'd have thought have that this afternoon lol.

 

[doresy]

Sounds like a disaster in the making

Moving anything on a shelf that weighs 25kg is dodgy but when it's fluid and glass.............

Is there no other alternative?

 

[MermaidMel]

The only alternative is my original plan

12 x 8 x 8 for each betta, instead of the 24 x 8 x 8 that I was going to section into 3 barracks.

Would 3.3g be too heavy to move as well? That's how heavy the 12 x 8 x 8 would be when filled and I wasn't planning to have LOADS of gravel, not the 2" I put in my 22g, mainly due to it taking up volume the betta could benefit from, but yes an inch or so of gravel or possibly even sand

 

[orange shark]

my 25 litre is pretty heavy

 

[jayjay]

The 3.3g will weigh about 2 stone, 28lbs or 12.5kg. Over quite a small amount of space, so the pressure will be about 3.5 lbs per square inch on the shelf?

Some pre-made shelves will have a maximum weight on them somewhere, does yours?

 

[MermaidMel]

The 3.3g will weigh about 2 stone, 28lbs or 12.5kg. Over quite a small amount of space, so the pressure will be about 3.5 lbs per square inch on the shelf?

Some pre-made shelves will have a maximum weight on them somewhere, does yours?

It's a custom built dresser, built into the wall so it isn't freestanding and I can literally hang onto the shelf and bounce up and down and it doesn't so much as creak. I'm confident it would take the weight of the tank because in the past, I have stacked books from one end to the other, which I imagine weighs as much as 2 stone or even more.

 

[Genesis]

I've carried a 45litre tank full of water about 10 metres from room to room on my own before (and I'm only 15 years old).
It can be done but you should try and spread your hands evenly accross the bottom of the tank as you lift it so the glass doesn't snap!

I really wouldn't recommend it if you can avoid it though!

 

[Corleone]

Go to Home Depot or somewhere similar and look around. I can't remember which department they have them in, but I have a small pump that's sold for winterizing trailers or sprinkler systems. It fits in the chuck of an electric drill, and connects to a garden hose on each end. Depending on how strong the drill you use is, it can have a lot of power behind it.

Anyway, you could probably use that to refill (and even drain) the tank. I use one for refilling my tanks, since I've got scrawny chicken arms and get tired out doing 20 gallons worth of water changes.