Most weight on second floor

[Southjerseycichlidz]

What the most tanks you have had on a second floor? I've had a 55 and 58 in opposite corners a 29 two 20s and 4 10s in a second floor bedroom I went to add another 29 and saw the floor start to sag that's why I had to build my fish room in my basement lol

 

[convict360]

I have a 52 upstairs and the floor creaks and looks saggy already lol

 

[Rossy]

Its just me, but I don't like to risk anything.

 

[convict360]

Its just me, but I don't like to risk anything.

Neither do I, but then I remember I want more fish and end up just doing it anyway :/

 

[millerkid519]

I have a 180 and a 125 set upstairs in our house. 180 has a 125 sump with 85 gallons of water and th 125 has a sump with 25 gallons or so. Post Jacks in the basement where no an option

 

[raubiy]

I have 240 g on second floor. I'm not scared because floor is concrete. You can always add hevy duty suport if u wand. (to sleep well)

 

[Pharaoh]

I have a 180 and a 125 set upstairs in our house. 180 has a 125 sump with 85 gallons of water and th 125 has a sump with 25 gallons or so. Post Jacks in the basement where no an option

I really hope you have those on supporting walls an that your house can hold it. That is a lot of weight to be putting on an upstairs floor. Most houses are rated for around 40lbs live load in bedrooms and 100lbs live load in common areas. Your 180 has doubled that. I would definitely worry that there could be structural damage happening. Or, hopefully, your floors are concrete.

 

[millerkid519]

Yes 4 post Jacks against supporting walls. No structural damage as the 2x10s are doubled up under the tanks.

 

[spiff44]

I have a 52 upstairs and the floor creaks and looks saggy already lol

This is actually the main threat... bowing over time.. I don't think I have ever heard of a tank falling through the floor as most people worry about. But a sagging floor.. things like that would be why a tank crack appears out of the blue one day.

 

[tiger15]

I have a 125 and 75 on my main floor that is on top of a finished basement. I added a steel supporting pole in my basement to support the 125 which runs along a girder, and nothing for the 75 which runs across the girders. I don't worry about weight but paranoid about 200 gal flooding my hardwood floor. My tanks are new and I don't trust used tanks. Also, I use only simple HOBs and don't trust canister or sump system with external plumbing that is vulnerable to leak.

I used to have all my tanks in my basement which I don't worry about weight or flooding. But what's the point of hiding myself and show tanks in the basement no visitors can appreciate.