Home Office/Aquarium Room Setup Questions

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xjman18

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This is the design I have come up with for my home designer for my home office area. The tank against the back wall is a 240 long measuring 96x24x25 while the tank as the room divider is a 300 measuring 96x36x25. The 240 is going to be a planted Amazon tank and the 300 is going to be a saltwater tank with a stingray, puffer, and a few other misc. fish. As you can see from the pictures I have yet to complete any of the plumbing or filtration setups and this is where I am turning to you guys. With the 300 I fully intend to do a wet/dry system but I don't want the overflows interfering with anything so I am planning on putting them against that back side of the tank that is black in the diagram. In a tank this size is that going to be an issue or not? Now since the 240 is going to be a planted amazon tank is it better to run like a dual fluval FX5 setup or is it alright to run a sump setup as well? The little gray angled wall between the two tanks is going to house all my "stuff" as in dry foods and testing kits and stuff and underneath I am trying to find a way to make room for a mini fridge with freezer so I can keep all of their frozen food in there. The shelving units above the 300 will go all the way around the room and will give me access to my LED lighting systems as well as a way to do any tank maintenance I need to do. Please let me know what you guys think and I am open to any criticism and suggestions you guys may have. Thanks!

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Both of the tanks are going to have steel frames or at least thats the plan as of now. I don't really want to use wood just so I have more room under the tanks to manage everything.

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Looks like a cantilever.

Ok, I'm neither a metallurgist nor an engineer, but I am fairly certain that you will find it expensive to suspend 1.5 tons of water that way.

First, build the tank.
Second, build a wall next to the tank strong enough to counterbalance 1.5 tons of dead weight. In this case, a heavy steel wall supported by I-beams, or probably steel posts embedded into concrete.
Third, attach thick steel arms extending perpendicular to the wall, strong enough to neither shear nor bend under the load

I'd think this is an expensive proposition.


This may give you some ideas on a way to do it. http://www.industrialshelvingusa.co...g/How_to_design_a_Cantilever_Rack_System.html
 
Just so everyone is aware the tanks are not going to be suspended like that, there are going to be steel stands under the tanks just like any other tank would have I just haven't added them in the drawing yet because I want to figure out the plumbing first.
 
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