Is Your Tank Too Heavy For Floor

Is this a high tank or a long tank.

Is your tank too heavy for floor.

It means you must take the load from a floor beam that is not strong enough. The less surface area of the floor it takes up per gallon the higher the danger would be. I want to get a bigger tank and get more into it now i was thinking a 55 gallon. The key is just spreading the weight across as many beams as you can.

Your house weighs alot more than a fish tank. Gallon aquarium then your floor should be okay too since the person posting the question provides no information at all about the composition of the floor construction the span of the floor framing or the relative position of the tank there is just no way for anyone to provide a logical answer. I want to keep it upstairs in my room is it too heavy for the floor. Example 40g high vs 40g long the long tank spreads more weight over the floor so it would have more supports under it.

Just curious because i remember back then my mom saying it was too heavy but i think she was just being cheap. If you intend to furnish a 150 gallon tank in your upstairs bedroom it may be necessary to add floor support or hire a contractor prior to the tank installation. 1 gallon of water weighs 8 34 lbs therefore 150 gallons to fill a tank would weigh 1251 lbs in water alone. If my floor didn t collapse with a.

Slowly filled up the tank and it holds. It is not so evident because if you put not enough the whole thing can crash and if you put too much the floor can be cracked and damaged. I moved recently too and if my floor can hold my tank i am sure your new floor can. Its the way you set the tank over the joists that matters.

To do that you must input a negative charge to the beam a charge from down to up prior to bringing your fish tank. I had holes in the floor and took a 3 4 plywood not the chip board kind and put it over as many floor beams as i could.