Second Floor fish Tank Help

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Bootler

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hi. i will be purchasing a 75 gallon tank. i live on the second floor of an old home. this house was built during the time of jesus. lol no but its probably 80 years old. it seems well built cause i weigh 260-270 lbs and when i walk, the floor doesent creek at all, only in some spots. the walls here are solid. they are very hard (no homo) so like i planned on putting it on tiles in a corner of a room by where an inner wall and the outside wall meet. right below it will be another solid wall but i dnt think that the wall is directly beneath it. if the wall was directly beneath it then i would have no problem cause there is a tiny basement so the rest of the house is on a concrete slab I THINK. IDK. i cureently have a 35 gal on home made stand in a corner of my house where outer wall meets outer wall. i have no problem. no creeks when i walk by nothing. a 75 gal is almost 2x the weight. so please help me. it seems as it would be fine but i just dont want anything fishy to happen:naughty:
 
well its all about the house mine is newer but i have a 120g and a 130g up stairs in my bed room lol as long as u go to a out side wall u should be fine but there is risk all the time lol so id say as long as u put it over as many joist as u can and be on a outside wall u will b fine !!! maybe lol
 
ok. you calmed me down 2/3 of the post way through then you said maybe. lol. like i know there is always a risk. but like i know there is a wall there because when i walk through door way to get in that room, i can stomp on the ground and break my foot cause i feel this hard ass wall there. i feel no vibration because it is a solid wall. i wanna hear more inputs before i do anything. and about how long will it take to cycle a 75 gal?
 
Well in houses built in the early 1900's I remember someone said their rule of thumb was "When in doubt, build it stout" So I would think that your house may be stronger than some being built today. If you still feel uncomfortable about it see where the floor joists in your house run and then run it perpendicular to them so it goes across the most floor joists and spreads the most weight out among them. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it and will soon be putting a 75 Gal parallel to my joists(the weight will be spread over 1 maybe 2 joists at the most) and I wont worry. Only over 75 would make me start to worry about it upstairs but perpendicular to the joists and/or over a load bearing wall will be the sturdiest place you can find.

Edit: and I think it should take about a month or so to cycle it? I believe you go through an Ammonia spike then a Nitrite spike and then they read 0 after it is cycled. I'd put in some tetras or danios for the fish cycle just because if they are eaten they don't contain thiaminase like goldfish feeders do which can break down Thiamine in your fish (B Vitamin)
 
Astus;4308389;4308389 said:
Well in houses built in the early 1900's I remember someone said their rule of thumb was "When in doubt, build it stout" So I would think that your house may be stronger than some being built today. If you still feel uncomfortable about it see where the floor joists in your house run and then run it perpendicular to them so it goes across the most floor joists and spreads the most weight out among them. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it and will soon be putting a 75 Gal parallel to my joists(the weight will be spread over 1 maybe 2 joists at the most) and I wont worry. Only over 75 would make me start to worry about it upstairs but perpendicular to the joists and/or over a load bearing wall will be the sturdiest place you can find.

Edit: and I think it should take about a month or so to cycle it? I believe you go through an Ammonia spike then a Nitrite spike and then they read 0 after it is cycled. I'd put in some tetras or danios for the fish cycle just because if they are eaten they don't contain thiaminase like goldfish feeders do which can break down Thiamine in your fish (B Vitamin)
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yeah like i have my 35 running on an angle of 2 outside walls in a corner. so like i could do that with a 75 but it would look stupid and take up too much space. well i have this long table there now so ill move that and see it the floor dips down at all. so u think its ok to put it against the wall? should i push it to the corner so that most is against inside wall but one end is on outside wall joist? and ok. im getting a motoro pup very soon but im just gunna put in in my 35 for like a month or more or less. idk how ever long it takes to cycle the 75
 
you will be fine bro older houses are built way better
 
Old houses are indeed built stronger. Most were built with thicker wood, notice that a 2"x4" isn't really 2" x 4" anymore, than todays houses and concrete slab only gets harder as time goes on so no worries there either. I have all my tanks upstairs until I get the wiring done downstairs. This includes, one 220g, two 125g, two 120g, one 90g, one 75g, four 55g, one 30g and one 20g. I've had more over that past year but this is what I have narrowed it down to. If you're really worried about it then you can make sure the tank sits on as many joists as possible like others have mentioned. I hope this eases your worries
 
thanks a lot guys. ok im going to do this. if things fall through, u guys will all get a letter from my attorney. lol. no it should be fine. it has a nice wood stand. and how long would it take to cycle a 29 gal?
 
Bootler;4308388; said:
ok. you calmed me down 2/3 of the post way through then you said maybe. lol. like i know there is always a risk. but like i know there is a wall there because when i walk through door way to get in that room, i can stomp on the ground and break my foot cause i feel this hard ass wall there. i feel no vibration because it is a solid wall. i wanna hear more inputs before i do anything. and about how long will it take to cycle a 75 gal?
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1 of 2 first inside walls and outside walls r not the same weight bearing wall there is a big diff most inside wall r 2x4 most outside walls r 2x10 so they can carry more weight if ur floor cant hold a 75g tamk then ur floor is bad ! and yes i said maybe because ive never been to ur house never seen ur floor lol so im not going to say yeah it will b fine and then it falls thew lol but i will say ive seen 200g up on 2nd floors with not a pro ! i think u will b fine
 
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