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hanwyz

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In theory, would a 160l tank be ok in a first floor flat? In trying to decide if it's even worth going to look at this place or not and I'm worried about the tank. I think it would be fine, but with sand etc, it's going to weigh about 200kg which worries me... anyone have any experience?

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fish squish

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My 150G is upstairs, hasn't fell through the floor yet :) With larger tanks you'll want to consider the structure of your home, but you could probably put that right in the middle of a room without problems!
 
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hanwyz

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Haha ok thanks... I thought that much, but after my bfs parents went skitz about him having my 100l upstairs I was worried. I mean I guess some people weigh more than those tanks and can't really ban people from being upstairs... The tanks I want eventually I think I'll need to have concrete down, what sort of size do you have to start thinking about support then?


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Libpete

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I was worried about a 240l tank upstairs but its been fine so ive put another 96l tank in the same room. The 240l is also only on two joists at the most!
 
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hanwyz said:
Haha ok thanks... I thought that much, but after my bfs parents went skitz about him having my 100l upstairs I was worried. I mean I guess some people weigh more than those tanks and can't really ban people from being upstairs... The tanks I want eventually I think I'll need to have concrete down, what sort of size do you have to start thinking about support then?


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About 120 US gallons you should start considering putting braces... Keep this in mind, my 210 gallon cracked the concrete floor in my basement when i was test filling it in the middle of the room...


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