Not to dig into your personal life or finances, but why not look into buying a house? A majority of the time a mortgage is cheaper than renting, plus you could do a big tank with no worries about weight (assuming the house is on a concrete slab). Plus you have the added benefit of not throwing money away and you'd be building equity *shrugs*
Best tank size for a 3rd Floor apartment (Severums/Uaru)
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What was the point of this post? Obviously if he or she had the means to finance a house they would already be doing so without the advice of a random person on a fish forum. Maybe it's the *shrugs* that gets to me, like it's so easy to walk in and get a mortgage after the housing crisis.
OP for what it's worth, I've had a 240, 100, 90 with 40b sump, and stacked 55s set up for years in a 2nd story apartment with cement board underlayment. The way I justified the 240 was that total weight is around 2400lbs; I wouldnt be worried about 10 240lb people falling through the floor even if they were doing a conga line for 10 years. You need to find out what material is under the flooring and which direction the joists run. Put the tank perpendicular to the joists against an exterior load-bearing wall for the most support.
Oh no, I've offended someone! Lets go down the Rolodex shall we! OP worries about tank weight on a third story apartment, but wants to go with a somewhat large tank. Its well known that renting never amounts to anything, that much is a fact, as you are quite literally throwing money away. Also you still have to pass a credit check to rent, same as if you were buying a house. Another fun fact, its really not that hard to buy a house, ask me how I know. The point I was driving at, is if someone was to want to set up a larger tank, (something Ive personally been striving towards) but is in a situation such as this, all I was asking is has that person considered buying a home? its much more cost effective, as mortgages are almost always less than renting (meaning more money for fishies and tanks), plus as I stated, if you get a house on a concrete slab, you could do a large tank with zero worries. This is a reason why I hate text conversations and prefer voice, that way you can see my intended inflection and not make assumptions and get upset. If the OP doesn't want/cant afford a mortgage or has some other alternate reason for choosing to rent over buying a house, that's totally fine, I was simply just asking a question. So heres an idea Mike, dont jump conclusions that everyone posting on the forums is attempting to be a-hole. Feel free to holster that keyboard.
I was employed by NY Aquarium Service many moons ago. We maintained aquariums in homes and businesses that were in multi-story buildings. These ranged from 24g to over a thousand gallons. The 1000g was installed in the penthouse before the building was finished. I assume that there were structural considerations for doing that. We also had a customer with over 500g in his 15th floor apartment. The limitation on size for most of our customers was the freight elevator door opening followed by the route to the apartment and through the apartment. One client ordered an 8ft long (iirc) aquarium and stand to divide his studio apt. The aquarium fit through the door into the apt but the stand was a little bigger and had to be cut in half.
Yes, there are structural considerations that need to be accounted for but an off the shelf 125g isn't going to break the the joists.
Yes, there are structural considerations that need to be accounted for but an off the shelf 125g isn't going to break the the joists.
Most of the time this is correct and it might be nitpicky but there's a number of situations that could make renting more profitable than buying. It's highly dependant on the area and living/occupational situation of the owner(s). I'm speaking from a financial perspective and not from one of wanting to set up big tanks.
You don't need to break joists to precipitate a disaster. Gradual sag is enough. I've seen a pool table cause 1.5 inches of sag in a brand new home. When you put a heavy tank in an upper floor without getting it inspected, you are rolling the dice. Defects, previous water damage, bad wood, and other hidden issues can play a factor.
And I totally get that, why people are taking my comment out of context as if I was attacking the OP is beyond me. I was literally just asking a question with no ill intent. As I stated I'm not trying to dig into anyone's personal finances, along with that I fully understand everyone has their own unique financial situation. I was literally just asking if the OP had considered/thought about/ given consideration to the possibility of purchasing a house so weight limits wouldn't be a thing to worry about, along with the added benefit of saving money, plus building equity. Goodness this is why I usually avoid the internet anymore, because everything gets misconstrued
And I totally get that, why people are taking my comment out of context as if I was attacking the OP is beyond me. I was literally just asking a question with no ill intent. As I stated I'm not trying to dig into anyone's personal finances, along with that I fully understand everyone has their own unique financial situation. I was literally just asking if the OP had considered/thought about/ given consideration to the possibility of purchasing a house so weight limits wouldn't be a thing to worry about, along with the added benefit of saving money, plus building equity. Goodness this is why I usually avoid the internet anymore, because everything gets misconstrued
I had no ill intent behind my post either, I was just offering a counterpoint to the age old "renting is literally throwing away money" debate. I didn't bother to quote the whole post as what I said had little to do with the context, this is just an open forum and I wanted to clear up a misnomer for anyone uninformed on finance.
Especially here in America there's a lot of people that think they risk inheriting debt, moving up a tax bracket can be a bad thing, or that renting is always a waste.
