can a 100-125g tank be upstairs in master bedroom?

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I have a 125gallon (6'x18"x21") in the 2nd floor of my house, a 75gallon in the 2nd floor bedroom and a 20gallon in the same bedroom.
The key is to place it in a perpendicular to the joist and make sure the tank is sitting as close as possible to the exterior wall and this exterior wall must run all the way down to the first floor without any windows downstairs that stop the run. Also, make sure the tank stand bottom flat is all the way around (to distribute the weight evenly), not sitting in 4 legs.
My house is built in 1993 and had the tanks running for over 2 yrs now.
One more thing, you will be better off with the 125gallon since it is 6' long and covers more joist than a 4' tank.
I did ask an engineer/builder about my 125gallon tank, and this guy builds houses. He states it should be ok.
 
yes it can but make sure your floor is well built and the tank MUST be placed perpendicular NOT parallel to the floor joices otherwise your floor will sage and eventually the tank will fall threw. Good Luck :)
 
I had a 150g on a 3rd floor apt with no problems.. the biggest problem is lugging the tank up the narrow staircase!
 
I talked to my buddy's old man who has been building houses for over 30 years and he said you shouldnt have any problem w/a 125Gal. He talked about how drastically building codes have changed over the years and he said if the house has been built in the last 15 years or newer then you're definetly in the clear but older houses should be ok to. He told me about a house he did one time that had book shelves all the way to the ceiling on all 4 outer walls of the bedroom w/a massive waterbed in the same room... I cant remember how much he said those 1000's of heavy books and encyclopedias weighed but it was WAAYYY more than a 125Gal will ever weigh and thats without adding the water bed. Thats just my two cents.
 
Ahli1500;981695; said:
I talked to my buddy's old man who has been building houses for over 30 years and he said you shouldnt have any problem w/a 125Gal. He talked about how drastically building codes have changed over the years and he said if the house has been built in the last 15 years or newer then you're definetly in the clear but older houses should be ok to. He told me about a house he did one time that had book shelves all the way to the ceiling on all 4 outer walls of the bedroom w/a massive waterbed in the same room... I cant remember how much he said those 1000's of heavy books and encyclopedias weighed but it was WAAYYY more than a 125Gal will ever weigh and thats without adding the water bed. Thats just my two cents.
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but the bed and book shelves spread their weight over a large area

If a tank that is 125G the weight confine in a small area of 1041.25 pounds..
Thats around 1/3 of the weight of a car sitting in the room...
 
I had my 135 in my room upstairs, it was also under the garage with no additional support. It held good, but everyday I feared it might collapse lol
 
you should find out how your joists are spaced the closer the better
 
egturbo;406185; said:
well just like the title says can a 100 to 125 gallon fish tank be able to be in my room upstairs? can the room handle all that weight? im moving into a master bedroom soon and was thinking of getting a 100-125g tank.. that would be nice but would like to know if its ok to do?
thanks
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I am not an engineer by any means but, i would think you could put any tank upstairs with the proper bracing. You would just have to make sure it was positioned above walls. If it was in the center of where (the floor below) is a large open area it would cause the floor to sag and maybe fail. If it was above an interior hallway or where a few walls come together there would be more strength and it would stay up. Again i am not an engineer and i really think this question asked again and again by people depends on the placement of the tank and "sturdyness" of the house.
 
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