Glass suction cups

::PixelFish::

::PixelFish::

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Does anybody know where I can rent some suction cup tools in the Longmont area? We're finally moving the new tank down to the basement on Monday and Mr Fish thinks we need some suction cups to be able to lift it. It's a 210g so it's going to be heavy.
 
tell mr fish to man up and get his ***** grippers out and just carry it ...lol

sorry couldn't resist ...i have no idea were to get them ...but heres free bump
 
dv3 said:
tell mr fish to man up and get his ***** grippers out and just carry it ...lol

sorry couldn't resist ...i have no idea were to get them ...but heres free bump
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Mr Fish has to help me build a stand today so telling him to man up will likely end with a hammer to my aquarium lol.

Thanks for the bump though!
 
::PixelFish:: said:
Does anybody know where I can rent some suction cup tools in the Longmont area? We're finally moving the new tank down to the basement on Monday and Mr Fish thinks we need some suction cups to be able to lift it. It's a 210g so it's going to be heavy.
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I could be wrong but I was told homedepot had them for rent. I would call ahead.
 
I think Home Depot might have them. I am sure a RentX(not sure if they are still in biz) or specialty tool/equipment rental will have them. If you find them at Harbor Freight, let us know what they cost.
 
I found some at Sunbelt rentals in Boulder. Not sure how we're going to pull this off because it's going from the garage up some small stairs, into the house and then down stairs into the basement. Funny how you suddenly find out your friends and family suffer from bad backs and knees when something heavy needs to be moved :) I'll take some pics if we make it down in one piece.
 
We made it down to the basement with only a couple of holes in the wall and some banged up paint. Didn't have to use suction cups and the $30 moving straps we bought were useless thanks to our young nephew and his strong buddies who picked it right up off the ground.

I'm dying to start filling it up but we have to finish up the fishroom and rest of the basement for our last inspection. Hopefully it won't take too long before I can start up a build thread.

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I had inwall tank for two years and I would never do another one without making some kind of front access to the tank. The reason is that its difficult to see what things look like on the viewing side,you always need two people to move things around. jmo
 
dv3 said:
your going to need a snorkel to reach the bottom of that one
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lol. Honestly pixle I would definetly invest in a hammerhead magnet because cleaning will suck. I scratched my front bottom portion of my tank with msg floats. The bought a hammerhead it was sweet.
 
We decided againts front access for many reasons. The back end in the fish room is built to handle water splashes and spills, we don't want water on the front glass, trim and carpet. We didn't want to risk light bleed through with the access panel that would make it look junky and we're hoping that the solid insulated wall, finish trim and rubber gaskets we're going to use are going to help with noise reduction because the tank faces our home theater room.

I'm definately getting a super strong magnet cleaner and some extended scrapers to help with maintenance. Something else I thought of using when deciding againts front access is an acrylic viewing box.
 
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