low stands
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my in wall 90 is 34" tall, right at head hight, and my 60tall is on a 32" tall stand, its still too tall to reach down in unless you have a stool and im 6'2", my next one for the 400 is going to be about 30"...,
here is a pic of my 60, not the fact that its wider bolth front to back and width wise then my tank.(not a fan of the handels, as a matter of fact i hate them but i havent found any that fit) its prebought and i didnt see any reason to reinforce it, it solid wood and not partical board.
just for $hts and giggls here is my 120 sitting on the ground..., its just for my water changes and yes it it normaly full, i re fill it once a month when the water gets low... it sitting on 4 blocks to heep it off the ground, i dont want to wrech the pergo, water does a number on it., Note the stylish styrofome top to keep the water from evaporating, Nice eh?
here is a pic of my 60, not the fact that its wider bolth front to back and width wise then my tank.(not a fan of the handels, as a matter of fact i hate them but i havent found any that fit) its prebought and i didnt see any reason to reinforce it, it solid wood and not partical board.
just for $hts and giggls here is my 120 sitting on the ground..., its just for my water changes and yes it it normaly full, i re fill it once a month when the water gets low... it sitting on 4 blocks to heep it off the ground, i dont want to wrech the pergo, water does a number on it., Note the stylish styrofome top to keep the water from evaporating, Nice eh?
I wouldn't think 800lbs (weight of a 90 full of water roughly) would be a problem on a second story. Thats not really that much weight relatively speaking. I don't think it would be a problem without making any crazy custom stand to adapt for the weight. As its been said it puts the same amount of load regardless of height. I think you would be displeased with a tank on the ground personally. I had my 20 that way temporarily at my apartment and it was horrible because you have to crouch down to see the fish. I built a custom stand for my 240 thats 40" tall so that you can see the fish easily at almost eye level for me and I'm 6'2". To me its the perfect height, the only downside is you have to be on a chair or something to clean the bottom but on any tank thats deeper then about a foot you would probably need to regardless unless your stand was less then 2ft tall ~Trent
skillzizzo;992462; said:
Anything under 125 I wouldn't think twice about. A 90 gallon weighs about as much as a portly fella standing in the livingroom.
Will you be running perpendicular to the floor joists?
48' is crossing 3 or 4 if set just right. if you make the stand 6 feet wide, this will add one more floor joist
The end posts at an angle will not be as strong, so keep the ends perpendicular to the floor;
If you were planning on running the tank parallel to the floor joists, STOP, turn it 90 degrees cause the best you will do is 2 joists if run just right. In order to get three, then you need to make the base 35 inches & place the stand just perfect.
.. hmmm the bed falling through the floor.. is it a water bed? thats quite a bit of weight too...
With a standard stand, You are looking at 100 pounds of water weight per sq foot, plus the glass, stand & rocks.
48' is crossing 3 or 4 if set just right. if you make the stand 6 feet wide, this will add one more floor joist
The end posts at an angle will not be as strong, so keep the ends perpendicular to the floor;
If you were planning on running the tank parallel to the floor joists, STOP, turn it 90 degrees cause the best you will do is 2 joists if run just right. In order to get three, then you need to make the base 35 inches & place the stand just perfect.
.. hmmm the bed falling through the floor.. is it a water bed? thats quite a bit of weight too...
With a standard stand, You are looking at 100 pounds of water weight per sq foot, plus the glass, stand & rocks.
