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From: andre@nrc-ut.UUCP (Andre' Hut)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Tank Location
Message-ID: <362@nrc-ut.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 87 22:55:50 GMT
References: <4768@sol.ARPA> <2481@gryphon.CTS.COM> <956@csun.UUCP> <2566@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: andre@nrc-ut.UUCP (Andre' Hut)
Organization: Network Research Corp.  Salt Lake City, UT
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In article <2566@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>In article <956@csun.UUCP> acphssrw@csun.UUCP (Stephen R. Walton) writes:
>>In article <2481@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>>>I once bought a 100 gallon tank for $50 with the bottom glass cracked.
>>>You can't put one of THOSE in an apartment. Weighs almost a ton when 
>>>filled. It's still in the garage.
>>"A pint's a pound," Richard.  100 gallons of water weighs 800 pounds.
>Uhh, yeah. Why do I keep thinking there are 1000 pounds to a ton ? Harumpfh.
>>I certainly don't worry about 4 or 5 friends standing shoulder to
>>that, and it is in my second floor apartment.
>The difference is, with a waterbed, the load is spread out over
>a larger area. With a 100 gallon tank, the 800+ pounds is
>in a 2' x 5' area. Makes me nervous. I sorta like the
>people downstairs. :-)

I used to keep a 150 gallon aquarium in a second floor apartment.  It
made me a little nervous, but I never had any problem with it.  Just
don't tell the neighbors (or the managers if you rent).
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