125g tank hardwoodfloor experts !

[flipstylex]

I recently got a 125 g tank. Here is a picture of my fishroom

the 55 g is in front of the 125g. But before i want to fill it up with water, i want to make sure that the 125g is perpendicular to the joist. I have no access underneath my crawlspace yet since of the storm...muddy down there (rancher house)


as you can see, the nails on the floor is going perpendicular with my 125g.
the 55g is parallel... but this is just my guess bcus of the nails i have on my hardwood floor.

now with this set up, am i safe ? the final setup of my 125g is 50 ILbs of pool filter sand. fx5 and emperor 400 for filter.

Anyone had any experience with the setup ? do i need to reinforce the floor ????

Heres my house info: 3 bedroom rancher house 1 car garage
everything is hardwoodfloor

the house was built in 1980.

thx !

 

[Conner]

Is the wall behind the 125g tank a main support wall? As in it is supported all the way to the foundation?

It looks like your tank is perpendicular to the joists, so you should be fine. If the wall is a structural wall, then you will definitely be fine.

 

[flipstylex]

Is the wall behind the 125g tank a main support wall? As in it is supported all the way to the foundation?

It looks like your tank is perpendicular to the joists, so you should be fine. If the wall is a structural wall, then you will definitely be fine.

here is the layout of my house. the red dots are my fish tank

the one in living room is a 75g and doing fine.

 

[TheFishJunky]

that should be fine.You have it across at least 4 if not 5 floor joists.From what it appears in the picture and from what I can see by your floor plans-all your joists should be going from shortest wall to shortest wall.In other words,the shortest span is how your boards would overlap in the middle of your house.Hopefully that makes sense if not-ask away....

 

[Bderick67]

The nails in your hardwood floor will have nothing to do with the floor joists. By the looks of the layout of your house, I would say the floor joists are running with your 125g(if it is the larger of the red marks in the fish room).

 

[flipstylex]

that should be fine.You have it across at least 4 if not 5 floor joists.From what it appears in the picture and from what I can see by your floor plans-all your joists should be going from shortest wall to shortest wall.In other words,the shortest span is how your boards would overlap in the middle of your house.Hopefully that makes sense if not-ask away....

If i look at the nails throught my house. they go on a pattern like the picture from the living room to the south end of the house. ive been in the house for 2 years and never went to the crawlspace.(muddy and has very small opening)

lastly, should i just go ahead and fill it up with water !!!

 

[TheFishJunky]

yeah something looks strange here....looking closer now,I think if your diagram is correct then your tank is now probably resting on 1 if not 2 floor joists and your hardwood floor is nailed opposite of the joists.How the heck do I explain this??? the length of your 125 in the picture is running with the joists instead of across them.When its across them its distributing weight throughout the length of the tank.

 

[TheFishJunky]

Really all you gotta do is peek in there with a flash light to be safe.You dont have to actually crawl in to the crawl space.

 

[flipstylex]

heres a better diagram. cuz if it is not perpindicular. do i have to reposition my 75g since it will be sitting on only 2 joist ? matter of fact, switch the 55g with the 125g ????

 

[flipstylex]

damn u might be right. heres a joist picture....
see the nail pattern and the joist pattern ?