weight factors?

[yetex]

Has anyone had any problems with the location of their aquariums in your homes. Unstable floors or anything like that?

 

[dcox88]

No. I have a older pier and beam floor. I have a 55 Plus freshwater tank and a 54 corner saltwater tank. have had no problems with either.

 

[danrw84]

ive got a 29 gal upstairs in my room. house is 18 yrs old... no problems at all. it wieghs about 500 lbs!

 

[gregzbobo]

65 gallon salt and 55 gallon fresh in a 2nd floor apt. No worries so far. Both are on load bearing walls, the 65 being next to an outside wall on a corner. Combined weight of these tanks is likely upwards of 1200 pounds. If your home has joists in the floor instead of a slab, you might see if there is a way you can find out which way the joists run and setup the tank so the joists run oerpendicular to the length of the tank, so more than one or two joists bear weight. Another good idea for all stands in my opinion is to cut a piece of 3/4 inch plywood about a 1/2 larger than the base dimensions of the stand and put the stand on that to help spread weight even more.

 

[tucker3940]

I'm in the process of putting a 125 on a third story. Talked to a contractor and he said I should be fine as long as I spread the weight out by using a 2x4 or plywood base. If you're planning on going bigger than that, you might want to consider some kind of bracing. I'll let you know in a month if my floor fell through.

 

[gregzbobo]

I hope your floor DOESN'T fall through! That would suck, cuz if it did, it might take out the second floor too.

 

[j21kickster]

Does any one remember Duece Biggalo (sp)? That cracked me up

 

[gregzbobo]

That was hilarious. They had to have put that tank on hidden rollers or something, I doubt a 170-180 pound guy could pull that large a tank right off its stand. Could he? It was still a hoot though.

 

[bdhough]

HA that was easily a 200 gallon tank i.e. 1 ton o water i seriously doubt Rob Schneider can move a ton....