My dad won a brand new 150 gallon tank from a fish show about a year ago and hasn't set it up yet. He is concerned that he needs to reinforce the floor before he fills it with water. The tank will be in the same room with 3 other tanks, two 55 gallons and one 29 gallon. it will be on the first story of the house but the home has a raised foundation with post and beam construction. Do you guys with bigger tanks reinforce the floors and if so how did you do it?
150g set up help
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dcorreia;4239617; said:
150 gallons aren't that much because it usually distributes the weight across 6 feet. I can't comment on the floor, because most homes in my area are all concrete slabs. If you can have 4 ~200lb guys stand in the room along the wall you should be fine.
Reinforcing floors can be expensive.
most people on MFK with tanks 150g and up reinforce the flooring if it is normal residential wood flooring with wood joists.
a 150g tank full with substrate decor etc will weigh up to around 1800 pounds which is a huge amount of weight.
the problem isn't only the weight its the fact that this dead weight will not move for years.
this is why the analogy of having people stand in one spot does not apply.
people move around and the aquarium never does. so it can cause the floors to sag over time which is bad news.
perhaps someone more familiar with post and beam construction can help
it may well be that this type of floor structure is much stronger than normal wood flooring so you might be okay without.
not really sure..??
a 150g tank full with substrate decor etc will weigh up to around 1800 pounds which is a huge amount of weight.
the problem isn't only the weight its the fact that this dead weight will not move for years.
this is why the analogy of having people stand in one spot does not apply.
people move around and the aquarium never does. so it can cause the floors to sag over time which is bad news.
perhaps someone more familiar with post and beam construction can help
it may well be that this type of floor structure is much stronger than normal wood flooring so you might be okay without.
not really sure..??
actually id go with 2 2x8 lagged together and a couple pole jacks if the tank is running perpendicular to the floor joists...but thats mostly if its in middle of room...if its on an outside wall id let it ride...but not really enough info on the house to say for sure...just set it up in basement
