225 Gallon Setup

Well I have the green light on the bigger tank so I wanted to start a thread about it. I dont have the tank yet, its still at my bosses house. But Its a 225 (6x2x30") with a 75g sump. It has everything with it to be set up so i dont have to worry about taking a while to get it running. Ill probably be throwing a bunch of questions out but bear with me.

The first thing i want to discuss is location. Theres no way to get this tank to the basement which is the best option. Next option was the garage but then i have to worry about the heat in the summer and cold in the winter (garage is sort of unfinished). So we decided to put it in the office. Its at the corner of the house, right above the concrete foundation. So with basically 300 gallons this setup could weigh around 3000 lbs. That stresses me out worrying about the support and what not. So what is the best way to support the floor underneath? Ive never had to do any of this before so im a little confused on which route to take. The flooring is 2x12 spaced 19 1/2 on center. Where i plan on putting the tank starts me out with the left side of the tank right on a floor joist. The tank will be spread across 5 joists, which i feel isnt really enough. Even if i dont "have" to support it would help me sleep better if i did. Hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. First picture is where i plan on putting the tank (little cluttered right now) and the other pics show the flooring underneath where the tank will go.

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jworth said:

should be really pretty strong at that point. You could sister up the joists in order to spread the load as well.

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Thats what i was thinking about doing.

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Devzev said:

Check out homedepot. Tiger post. $45 They are adjustable jack post. You can put one or two under each joist
Or can run a support beam under the joists and the posts under the ends of the beam ( and possibly one in the middle)


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Ive seen the support beam with jack posts done quite often. I may go that route with it.

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Aquafreak said:

I have jack posts under each beam of my 240 with no issues at all.

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Single posts? Where did you place them, front of the tank, middle?

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