I need some opinions on something. I live in a second floor apartment. I'm sure I'm not the only one here obsessed with fish and not living on ground floor. What's the biggest tank you could pull off on the second floor? I got a stand for a 55 gallon, and the stand alone is heavier than a b... but it can also hold 75s and 80gs. Should I dare??? Thats a heck of a lot of weight.
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This is a recurring question, and i don't think that up to an 80 like it sounds you want would make to big a difference, myself, but someone will post the articale on this .. I would get it cleared through the landlord and find out what your floor rating is before you go too big... My opinion at one point was Do IT!!! You should be fine in my opinion with 55-80 though.. Don't worry you'll get allot of yes and no's on this question
Then the article which is somewhere here will be posted for you give it a minute ...yeh, odds are your landlord will most likely say no
i feel sorry for apartment fishkeepers, if you can make a support that takes up more floor space, and distributes the weight, like a snow shoe, i think itd be fine, now, where are those giant snowshoe blueprints? i know i just had em
i feel sorry for apartment fishkeepers, if you can make a support that takes up more floor space, and distributes the weight, like a snow shoe, i think itd be fine, now, where are those giant snowshoe blueprints? i know i just had em
i live on the third floor in an old builing. I have a 268gal + sump in my living room, in my fish room i have a 125gal, 100gal and a 55 gal, in my study i have a 75gal, and 6 other snaller tnks. i placed all my big tanks near the core or the builing or reinforced parts of my apartments like next to builing pillars. all has been fine for a year.
so just find out which parts of your apartment are reinforced concrete for structure support and you should be fine.
ps. i live in earthquake country so the buildings are quite strong.
so just find out which parts of your apartment are reinforced concrete for structure support and you should be fine.
ps. i live in earthquake country so the buildings are quite strong.
It really depends on the dimension of the tank and what is underneath your flooring. I mean a tall skinny tank would have more pressure per square inch compared to a wider and longer tank of the same volume. It would also depend where you place the tank. If you have concrete or steel beam underneath your flooring then it would be able to handle more weight. Or if you have your tanks sitting parralel as opposed to perpendicular on floor joist could also make a difference. I would say for the most part a 75 gallon would be ok on most homes on the upper level.
see, ive been trying to work out a similar situation myself, but more along the lines of how many 75G tanks can my apartment support 
But some women have no notion of physics at all. You were just lucky. Another woman would have asked you to install a tzunami warning system.