Fubar'd (advice)

[MandyINCo]

And surprise, it isn't a tank. It's me. I know this is an advice forum, so I'm going to give some. If you are a small female, DO NOT attempt to lift and carry a 30gallon tall aquarium full of rocks by yourself.

I know, you're probably thinking "duh!" ... well, I apparently my common sense fled for a moment whilst I heaved the thing from my car, up the stairs and into my house. It was almost too much for me to pick up at all, but somehow I managed to get it into my house, and onto a stand even. All by myself.

I now have severe muscle and tendon strain in my back, neck, shoulders and left arm (according to doc). He said it is going to take over a week to heal. I even have to miss work. So I guess my advice is, don't be an idiot like me. I wish there were an emoticon with a dunce cap on. :dunce:

Team Lift! (im thinking that should be my new user name... hee hee hee)

 

[Cynic]

It is amazing how heavy fish tanks are! Me and my brother nearly did hernias moving a 40G with gravel in it :/

Hope you have a speedy recovery

 

[bs6749]

I move my 55g all by myself. It's not as heavy as it is cumbersome. I can easily lift 250 lbs but it's the awkwardness of the 4 ft long tank and trying to get a hand on each end. Basically the right hand goes on the rear right corner and the left hand in the front left corner.

 

[Alyxx]

If you don't have one already, get a good heating pad that uses moist heat! Feel better! I thought I was going to do something similar to myself moving my 30 gallon around empty. I had plenty help getting it out of my car and into the house, but I moved it around the kitchen a lot to clean it, put it on the stand, took it back off to work on the stand, and turned it around a couple times to paint the background on it. And I have a bad back to begin with! Thankfully it was completely empty through all that though.

 

[Joe5688]

It took me and another 200lb guy to lift my 100g. Its an old school tank with no center support and I believe half inch glass. It was really heavy lol.

I almost bought a 125g with 3/4" glass. I can't imagine lifting that