Katy area help!

[R_sustaita]

hi guys, i am helping my brother go pick up a tank in Katy its a 125g we believe we will not be able to lift it just the 2 of us. the tank is from what i been told fully set. we will drain it and load it with plants and substrate. if anyone in the Katy area can give us a help, it will be greatly appreciate it.

[eklikewhoa]

Just FYI if needed to be, if the distance isn't far then two people can pull it off, make sure you have your back brace on and lift with the legs.

I tried having a lot of people help with my Oceanic 180 but that doesn't work well going through doors so it was just me and my bro boosting it.

[76dragon]

Plant and substrate gonna make it really heavy. My advise it to bring 5 gallon buckets to take it out

[Totenkampf]

+1 to removing everything, my 75 was pretty dang heavy with 4 inches of flourite in it and some wood. I thought I would save some time and so two very large dudes almost had to bail on it.

[eklikewhoa]

R_bigswollcandoit!

[SunnyHouTX]

Lulz were had on that one

[Totenkampf]

ungawa!

[sountfc]

My wife and I carried a 125G up the stairs in our house. (Well, I did most of the work.) When I picked it up from the seller he and I loaded onto the truck together. If the tank is going on the first floor, I don't think there's any reason that two people can't handle it.

I would take out the substrate and put into buckets or a plastic garbage can.

[eklikewhoa]

Damn big swoll! Hate to be on the bad end of you or your wife!

[sountfc]

Ha ha, we're harmless. Well, I am, anyway.

[eklikewhoa]

Me and my brother (both in our prime) struggled quite a bit carrying the 180g and that was maybe 15steps, you're talking about throwing it over your back and lugging it up a flight of stairs.

[sountfc]

Well, it took a good 15 minutes to get it up there. She had a bum shoulder at the time, so all she did was basically steady it. The good thing was the stairs have carpet on them, so I basically pushed it up on the stairs for the first half, then I had to make it vertical because the stairs have a 90 degree turn. That totally sucked! Made the turn, pushed it up the rest of the way, got a beer and rested. And I was 40 at the time...

[eklikewhoa]

rub it in... I barely made 30 and my brother 2yrs younger and we traded off with a pair of brothers 10yrs younger than us two....

[sountfc]

Hey, I didn't say it was easy! Far from it, then of course you know that after we set it up and got it filled (it's in our bedroom), the wife sat on the bed and said, "Can you move it two inches to the left?"

Besides, I'm thinking a 180 is a fair bit heavier than a 125. That's a decent amount of extra glass.

[eklikewhoa]

LoL! I know what you mean. I usually forget a process only to remember once its filled and by then its " F that"!