can a 100-125g tank be upstairs in master bedroom?
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I would not risk it (125g upstairs), I had about 5 gallons spill late last night python/sink connection malfunction====== a crappy time cleaning that up at 1 am........I could not imagine 125 gallons flowing into the basement......... I'd throw a toaster into the mix cuz the wife would shoot me anyways............I only have a 30 on my main floor, a 30 on the 2nd floor and my 125 in the basement................I woke up in a cold sweat the other day when i heard class breaking (2nd floor)...........well my versa top cracked, cuz my 8" gold sev decided to break it..........so could have been worse...........
i don't see how it would be a problem. you don't think that the people who built the house expected people to move furniture in? what about a water bed? know how much one of those weighs? i'd go for it. or call up an architecht/engineer who helped make the house.
I really don't think it would be a problem. A 125 isnt a huge tank. I had a kingsize waterbed in a house made in the 30's. I now have a 90gal and a 45 gal side by side in my bed room and not even a creak from the floor. That's in addition to my kingsize bed, chest of drawers, dresser, a sewing machine (belonging to she who must be obeyed) and a 32 inch widescreen tv. And I have no idea of whether or not any of it is on a "load bearing wall". All of this is in my apt.
I have asked this question several times myself as I am currently in an upstairs apt. I really wish I could get a Definite answer because many people say do it, others say don't, I guess it really depends on how the individual house is built? On one hand people have claimed having large waterbeds upstairs with no problems, the bathtub in your house is probably 80 gallons, again no problem. I talked to some guys at the Lfs and he said the biggest he's seen upstairs is an 80, but recommends about 60, The last thing that worries me is since a lot of the people saying do it , don't live in California they probably don't consider the possibility of earthquakes, with that much weight upstairs that can't be good,but then again if an earthquake happens we are pretty much S.O.L. anyway! If you are really worried, it would be best to call someone like an engineer or someone who knows something about floors/buildings that can advise you. Please let us know what you do, maybe through trial and error we can get a solid answer for this!!! For the record I have never heard of a tank falling through the floor? Have you? 
i will keep everyone posted on the size of my tank 
thing is its not my house im just renting a room out. and if it leaks im screwed... i will have a 20g tank in there also 
thing is its not my house im just renting a room out. and if it leaks im screwed... i will have a 20g tank in there also honestly, i dont think youll have a problem. my boyfriend and i are on the second floor of a house and we have a 75 gal a 20 gal and 2 10 gal all set up right next to eachother. no problems at all. and theres a chimney going right through our room by the tanks. as far as decorations and whatnot we probably have more weight than your 125 would have. floors are meant to hold alot of weight. we have been on this floor for almost 2 years and havent had a problem yet, so in my experience, i say go for it.
I dont know why I didnt think of this before, but I have a 135 in my living room on the 1st floor of my house, but I have a full basement. I have not seen any negative signs and I look at the floor joists every time I go into the basement.
me having a tank in my living room is basically the same as having one on the second floor.
me having a tank in my living room is basically the same as having one on the second floor.
