125 gal on the second floor

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I live on the 2nd floor of a 2 story apt. And I have an beautiful EMPTY 125 gal tank that I just bought and am dying to set up, but I dont know if the floor will hold it. The apt. manager said they do allow water beds on the 2nd floor if you have renters insurance, but a water bed sits on a more spread out area. I am looking at moving to a bottom floor, but they dont have any avilable right now. The 125 gal is set up where I had my 55 gal. set up I just wanted a bigger tank. So what do guys think.....think it will hold???

 

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Sorry I just noticed this was in the wrong forum....Again SORRY!!

 

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[kpogue]

It all depends how well your building is built. I have a 150 w/a 20 gal sump and live in the second floor apt.. I placed it on a weight bearing wall. I also bought a 1/2" piece of plywood the size of the base of the stand and treated it with water seal. I figured this would evenly distibute the weight. So far so good!!
I also have:
30g reef
55 FW
20 FW
10 FW

 

[rjpsj1]

with approx 100lb of live rock, filters, pumps and the water, you should be up around 1500 lbs. The plywood sheet below the base is good, I have it below my 90. I have a 200 year old house.
I'm sure your apt floor will hold this. If your tank is 5ft long x 2ft wide, you have 10 square feet of area= 150lbs/sq ft.
If you stand on the floor and put both feet together, you take up approx 1 sq ft. So if you weigh 150 or more, you would be putting the same force on the floor as the tank. You sound ok unless your
bldg is about to fall down. Using the wall area near a load bearing wall is as well another help to make you feel more comfortable about your tank. Good Luck and welcome to the hobby.

 

[shadow678]

rjpsj1, your house is 200 years old?! Where is it? Is it registered with the Nat. Historic Society? If not, it should be. If you have any pics, I'd love to see it, the architecture must be fantastic. I have a friend who owns a building that was built in the late 1800's as a hotel, now converted first floor to commercial property, second floor to a 5,000 sq. ft. house he lives in. He has a 90gal bowfront that I sold him upstairs(PIA to get it up the stairs, btw) on a load-bearing wall and has had no problems, either, and buiding codes only get more strict.