3rd floor

trigahappynigerog

trigahappynigerog

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ive heard stories of 125g-300g on second and third floors of apartments and getting away with it,but......
the landlord knows nothing about the construction of the building..
i am moving to a new place on the third floor...it has concrete walkways that goes around both the second and third floors.
is it possible to keep a 180 FOWLR plexi tank if i place it against the corner of outside walls where the walkway meets at a corner?????
the concrete stairs have steel beams that support it so im thinking the walkways should be built on them too???
it also survived the quake in 89 with no structural damage....
tank specs:
140lbs. fiji lr
1" sand bed
these should take up some gallons
50g sump w/25g of sw
DIY stand 2x6 legs
considering the factors im faced with what do you all think???
what was the biggest youve got away with???
 
dirtybilge

dirtybilge

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Contact the managment agent, and find out the last arcitect to look at the building call him and ask him where to place the tank. Ask the super too, he's worth a shot. Also there are bareing walls in your apartment (wall that bare the weight of the building) place thae tank close to one of those and that will help. If this does not work stop buy the building dept. and check out the date your builing was built. Look at the building codes in your city. Your looking for all steel construction (steel I beams in the floors) I live in NY city the building code says you can only use steel to frmae out a building which means your able to put a few hundred gallon in any building except the oldest ones. My mother is a landloard thats where my knoledge comes from.
ED :p
 
trigahappynigerog

trigahappynigerog

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its going to be placed against the outside corner walls where the concrete walkways meet...
i figure thats the strongest part of the building.
it was going to be a 240g but i knew it would have been 2000lbs+. i want bigger than a 125g so thats why 180g is what im going for..
the landlord inherited the building and has no clue..
 
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