How heavy is a 300 gallon glass aquarium, how do you move it?

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I was planning on buying acrylic, but if I find a used glass aquarium for a good deal how would I ever move it?
 
If by a 300 you mean a Marineland Deep Dimension, which is 72" x 36" x 28", one reasonably strong person can move it with a refrigerator dolly on a flat surface, and a strong person can load it into and out of a standard pickup truck, although two people would be a better idea. If the tank is much longer than 6', a refrigerator dolly isn't as stable in that you won't be able to rest it on the "training wheels", although it will still work to move it. Two or better three people can get it up a flight of stairs with the dolly as well. Two people can get it onto the stand as well with the proper technique. I'm old and half crippled and still deliver and install standard 210s solo as long as going up no more than a few steps is involved. That said I have a 200 gal tank that requires 4 people to move. Construction matters!
 
It would be a 96" x 24" x 30".

Luckily no stairs, but the front walk is uneven, large pavers with lots of space in between, and then one step into the house.

How much lighter is an acrylic of the same size? I had a 180 gallon acrylic that was quite light, but some of the specs I have seen online for a 300 gallon acrylic seem quite heavy.
 
You can move either by yourself easily using a contractors appliance dolly with cam-strap. The whole tank weight will be on the glass tank's short and back long panel supported by the steel frame and cam-strap of the dolly balanced on the wheels making the weight easy to move, pickup and lay down. Under no circumstances use people to move a huge glass tank, one trip and everyone will lose balance and drop-crack the tank. I picked up a used contractors dolly on CL for $5 normally $200 for the model I have. You can even rent them with motorized climbing wheels for stairs if the item is in excess of 800 lbs. But I thing a 300 glass weighs no more the 400 pounds empty and more likely 300 pounds if not a tall tank but long and short. If you mean full of water you'll need add another zero to the weight use a crane.
 
Thank you for the info... I'm starting to lean toward a 375 gallon acrylic since it would be so much lighter.

CWO4GUNNER said:
You can move either by yourself easily using a contractors appliance dolly with cam-strap. The whole tank weight will be on the glass tank's short and back long panel supported by the steel frame and cam-strap of the dolly balanced on the wheels making the weight easy to move, pickup and lay down. Under no circumstances use people to move a huge glass tank, one trip and everyone will lose balance and drop-crack the tank. I picked up a used contractors dolly on CL for $5 normally $200 for the model I have. You can even rent them with motorized climbing wheels for stairs if the item is in excess of 800 lbs. But I thing a 300 glass weighs no more the 400 pounds empty and more likely 300 pounds if not a tall tank but long and short. If you mean full of water you'll need add another zero to the weight use a crane.
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