aquarium in a noisy area

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dismark23

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I'm planning to setup an arowana tank in my shop but I'm worried about the arowana being stress with all the loud noises ( metal clashing and machine noise in the shop, crowd passing by, cars passing outside). The shop is also along a busy road. I have heard that fishes are able to pickup sound vibrations but I really want to setup that tank. I just want to hear your inputs/suggestions before I make my decision.

Thanks in advance.
 
I would be worried about the tank getting damaged in a car shop? Especially a tank capable of housing an aro, 180?
 
thanks for your input piranhaman00! im planning to custom made the tank, 84" x 30" x 30" (327.27 us gal) and it will be placed at a safe location in the shop. I'm just worried about the loud noises that might stress the fish
 
Mmmm yes some others should be able to chime in but yes the fish could get started and aros are notorious jumpers. You would really want to weigh the hood down.
 
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FishBeast said:
You should also try to isolate the tank from vibrations which can be transmitted through the stand from the floor. You can put the whole stand on a thick rubber horse mat to help with this as well...
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tank will be placed on a fixed concrete counter. would it be better if i just place the rubber horse mat between the bottom of the tank and the counter instead of using a styrofoam?
 
Hello; I had tanks in a basement garage in which I did a lot of auto repair work over many years. Dropped a lot of tools and heavy bits of car. Ran air tools and such. I cannot say the fish had a lot of problems.
As we all know tapping of hitting directly on a tank startles fish but more distant stuff I just never noticed. Maybe I was not looking.

Now about the rubber mat under a tank. Not sure about that. Some tanks maybe. Might be worth checking with the Mfg to see how they want the tank supported. I would likely put the mat down then a sheet of plywood and then the tank.
A tank on rubber which is designed to be rim supported might be the problem. I can picture such a tank's rim sinking into the rubber over time and eventually the rubber pressing on the bottom glass. Just a guess as I have not tried it.

Never know what will break a tank. I ran a homemade 125 for years. It had an angle iron frame with the glass siliconed in. Had an angle iron center brace across the top. The mistake was not using small stainless bolt and nut to fasten the center brace.
Over time the standard nut rusted and eventually the rust contacted the glass.
Two guesses about what caused the tank to crack out a large rear panel. One is the rust applied enough pressure to eventually crack the glass. Second is ambient air temperature fluctuations in the basement caused the center brace to move enough to push the rust against the glass.
 
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I have a 340 gallon acrylic and 125 gallon glass with plastic trim sitting on 1/2" rubber stall mats.

I prefer the stall mat over styrofoam for my acrylic tank because it is a good isolator, provides a little cushion from the stand, and holds up to spills.

The glass 125 serves as my sump running around 80% full and rests on a concrete foundation. I opted to use the stall mat under the 125 as well to insulate it from temperature changes in the concrete. I had the same thought at first with a rimmed tank, but it hasn't moved much more than ~1/8" from filling.
 
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