Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdahl!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwind.TRW.COM!nrcvax!nrc-ut!andre 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 Lines: 30 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). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sdcsvax-\ ihnp4-\ \ \ Andre' Hut sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!nrc-ut!andre / / / hplabs--/ ucbvax!calma-/ / utah-gr!uplherc/ Network Research Corporation 923 Executive Park Dr. Suite C Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------