biggest tank I can fit...

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There are plenty of threads on this forum discussing this. Do a search and you will find plenty of helpful info.
 
I don't really know how to answer this since my house is a single story (lucky you). But if you are questioning it then why? If your upstairs has three bedrooms equiped with an extreamly over weight family with beds dressers large televisions and everything else "normal people" put in there houses should they say " I wonder if one of these nights while me and my wife (both weighing well over 250 pounds) are sleeping if we will fall through the floor". Seems a bit absured to me. Now a 55 gallon tank has a much smaller footprint then a bed. So same weight on a more focused point maybee have some problems. But I would say if a 200 pound man could jump up and down in a single spot and not shake the whole house it would be ok.

Also look at things like supporting walls from the first floor and how the framing under the floor is. This will take a bit of effort but if you build on well put together flooring, framing and a supporting wall the chances of you topping the load cap with a store bought tank are very slim. If I was you I would "read" the framework of the house and make my decison accourdingly. Good luck.
 
well if your second floor is able to hold your family, and all the furniture im sure it would be able to hold a big tank. i have a 100 on the second floor of my house. and its been there for almost a year. hopefuly i will upgrade to a 200 soon
 
evilaim;3554738; said:
Well, that's up to your house. If you have the 8x8 cross beams, yes. But if your house is really old I wouldn't suggest it. I have my 55 gal going in my basement just to be on the safe side. But you can see if you can get blue prints of your house and see what kind of support system you have, but most likely you'll be good to go. just make sure it's on/over a support beam.
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thanks for the help! but im prob gunna stay on the safe side and move it downstairs!
 
55 in my room it is a ok and a 60 cube that is ok nothing is wrong
 
I have a many tanks upstairs . The most i have had is a 120Gal Glass Tanks with a Wooden stand , had it up for about 2 year + with no problems , without doing anything with the floor streght . :D
 
i have a 90G and a 60G on a second floor apartment.

after finding out what type of support you have on your second floor, its probably most important to realize pounds per sqft. basically a longer/wider tank will be a much better choice than a taller tank w/ the same volume.
 
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