Disposing of Large Aquariums… How?

[S2kako]

Getting a Tank replacement from Red Sea through warranty. How have you guys gone about disposing of the old tank? It’s still on the shipping pallet.

I don’t know if I posted this thread in the correct area. Mods please move if need be.

 

[Smite]

Getting a Tank replacement from Red Sea through warranty. How have you guys gone about disposing of the old tank? It’s still on the shipping pallet.

I don’t know if I posted this thread in the correct area. Mods please move if need be.

post it up locally for free. Someone may be willing to put the work in and fix it. FB market place, offerup, craigslist all work.

Otherwise I'd duct tape all the panes so I could smack it with a hammer and break it down without a horrible mess. Handling it would still be risky though, for sure.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Call the municipality and see if they will pick it up.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Take it to the dump
Leave it outside for free
D

 

[ChuckTownReefer]

You should have a landfill or dump that contractors or people use to bump large amounts of trash at.

 

[S2kako]

post it up locally for free. Someone may be willing to put the work in and fix it. FB market place, offerup, craigslist all work.

Otherwise I'd duct tape all the panes so I could smack it with a hammer and break it down without a horrible mess. Handling it would still be risky though, for sure.

According to the warranty terms, I’m not allowed to sell or give away the tank. So must be disposed. I don’t want to mess with hammers and glass lol.

 

[S2kako]

Call the municipality and see if they will pick it up.

Good idea. I’ll call tomorrow.

Take it to the dump
Leave it outside for free
D

Don’t have a truck to transport

You should have a landfill or dump that contractors or people use to bump large amounts of trash at.

I’ll look into that. Thank you everyone for the quick replies

 

[Smite]

According to the warranty terms, I’m not allowed to sell or give away the tank. So must be disposed. I don’t want to mess with hammers and glass lol.

Probably a good call

Go with a bowling ball! Kidding...kinda

 

[S2kako]

Probably a good call

Go with a bowling ball! Kidding...kinda

No kidding. If I lived on a large land I’d take it out back for some target practice lol

 

[Smite]

Now we're talking!

 

[dmsc2fs]

According to the warranty terms, I’m not allowed to sell or give away the tank. So must be disposed. I don’t want to mess with hammers and glass lol.

Post it on for free stating. “Please dispose of this for me in whatever manner you wish.”
Pull the serial number off of it and it’s no longer a red sea reefer. It’sa pile of glass,

it looks like it was resting on the bulkheads from the way the glass cracked.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Getting a Tank replacement from Red Sea through warranty. How have you guys gone about disposing of the old tank? It’s still on the shipping pallet.

I don’t know if I posted this thread in the correct area. Mods please move if need be.

If Red Sea are delivering a new tank, they should take away the old one as part of the warranty.

 

[Malcontent]

Local Facebook aquarium group? Some industrious person may replace the panel.

 

[Eric R.]

Post it on for free stating. “Please dispose of this for me in whatever manner you wish.”
Pull the serial number off of it and it’s no longer a red sea reefer. It’sa pile of glass,

I agree. You're not giving it away, your having someone else dispose of it for you. If someone else keeps it to fix it instead of disposing of it, it's on them.

Just post it saying that you're not allowed to sell or give it away, but if someone wants to take it away for free to help you dispose of it in a manner they see most suitable, well that's on them at that point.

 

[Matty Ice]

Take it to a local dump. If you don’t have a truck or an extra helping hand, call 1-800-got-junk or a removal company like that.

 

[Timfish]

According to the warranty terms, I’m not allowed to sell or give away the tank. So must be disposed. I don’t want to mess with hammers and glass lol.

Leave it at side at the end of your drive way waiting for the time to haul it to the dump until it's stolen?

 

[LeftyReefer]

I would just dump it in the large dumpster at my work place. Same place all my co-workers dump their useless crap.

 

[nereefpat]

Off topic; I'm a little surprised the bottom of that tank isn't tempered.

 

[S2kako]

So my trash company wouldn’t dispose of it due to it being to large of an item. Ended up calling 1-800-got-junk and paid 120 to dispose of it. In other news, the replacement tank came in. It’s also cracked in the same manner…. Just my kind of luck lol

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I would of put it on offer up. Got rid of a old 135g tank with a bad seal that way, posted it up for free and that was that. The reefer that picked it up, resealed it and its in service apparently.