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| |  Posted 6/20/2008 6:39:58 AM | |
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| | For those of you already finished, how big of an aquarium do you needin which to fit a 13lb bowling ball? Will a 10 gal aquarium do the job? Did anyone have any trouble with float / no float items slipping and cracking the bottom of the tank? Among other things, my Mom taught me to think what was the worst thing that could happen. Breaking the bottom of the tank and water going all over the sanctuary would be pretty bad. Thanks everybody! Laura in NC |
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| | | Posted 6/20/2008 7:13:39 AM | |
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| Our community directors opted not to do the closing this year (don't ask) but I had planned on using a large Rubbermaid container. That way it would be cheaper and wouldn't break. AND I'd have a big bin for storing things when I was all done!
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| | | Posted 6/20/2008 11:18:11 AM | |
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| We used a 10 gallon aquarium with a 16 lb. ball and it worked fine. Don't just drop it in. Lower it in slowly and it will work fine. Ours hit the bottom where you could hardly hear it but everything was fine. It went down fairly slowly so that it didn't break the aquarium.
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| | | Posted 6/23/2008 9:33:18 AM | |
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| | We're planning to use a clear, large rubbermaid container as well. We just don't want to risk borrowing someone's expensive aquarium and possibly breaking it. I'm not sure about the bowling balls yet as we haven't tested this. -Leah |
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| | | Posted 6/23/2008 10:13:46 AM | |
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| | My husband filled the 29 gal. rubbermade tote about 2/3 of the way full. We were able to have all of the fruit, soda cans, and both bowling balls in the tote with even coming close to overflowing. |
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| | | Posted 6/23/2008 11:16:02 AM | |
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| | We used a plastic sorage container as well. It worked fine. The sides bowed a little because we left the bowling balls in until the end of the FFF (approx 20 minutes). So that is my only suggesstion...don't let the balls float around for too long. Or maybe our container was not as strong as some. |
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