My Girlfriend will not be happy that you got me thinking about a 12' tank.

My stairs go down 3 or 4 steps and then they take a hard 180 and go down another 5 steps. The first set of steps go toward an outside wall about 4 feet horizontally, which will not be going anywhere. I guess technically if the tank fit vertically through the door it should fit down the stairs although that would be very akward to manuever and I am not too sure on how much stress it could take. I guess the only way to get a bigger tank down their would be to completely remove the stairs (both sets) and have it lowered through the door and down. That would be a PITA.

a 6'x30"x30" can fairly easily be taken down the most ackward of stairwells, you just need to rent a fridge dolly, they work great! A tank can go anywhere a fridge can go, and a fridge can go down any stairs imaginable, even spiral stairwells. It looks impossible at best, but it is fairly easy to do with 2 people, more makes it even better... I have moved lots, they can take alot of abuse....

Hey, you could say im the business of model making. Im visual effects artist. So when you watch a dvd of a movie like lord of the rings, and they show you a guy infront of a computer that hasa wire mesh of a chracter. Thats what i do. So my closed loop sim was all done on the computer. i went as far to creat the rock work to give me a more realistic look at how things will turn out. im curently working on an idea that will alow me to creat MH lights where i can take and plug in the par and such.


i know to much time on my hands!

Another possibility to consider is to build the 8' and 4' tanks as Evan suggested but to build the 8' onsite ... you should be able to get a 8' X 30" pane of glass into a basement and then assemble after.

Cheers

lol, while everyone is shooting off options, you could get a 7' and a 5' tank made and then you can move both the pre built tanks downstairs on a fridge dolly...

um they tore out a patio door on the ground floor that the tank was going into to get it in.

Steve

Thank goodness for credit cards and low interest rates at the banks.....

Doug

That's what I meant by "a little creativity and elbow grease" ... sheesh Steve. :razz:

Okay no more creativity talk. I really don't think I will be allowed to take out any doorways and walls. You guys can really get carried away. Although a 12' tank sounds appealing. And actually I think the wall that I am going to fill might be closer to 16'. I really should measure it. I am going to start the stand in early spring when I develope the basement. I will leave the tank size open for now. You have all got me thinking and I thank you very much.

Sounds good to me! :biggrin:

Even with out seeing your stairs I bet you can fit a 6" tank down then.
When my tank arrived I though "NO Way is that going down the stairs"
but with some heavy work and creativity and about 45Min it was down stairs.