Ok I have a 75 gallon that I would like to put in my bedroom on the second floor of my house. It was in the basement on a concrete slab before and was on a standard metal stand. I don't want it on the main floor since my SW tank is there. I want it on the third floor. I was going to put it on a exterior wall. Would this be fine?? it is a standard 75 gallon on a metal stand.
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There have been several threads about this, a 75 would be fine on any floor that is built to support people... 
An 80 gallon water heater would way the same and sits on about 5 1/2 square feet, your 75 sits on about 8 square feet.
I have a 300 on the second floor of a 65 year old building, it seems like most people don't do anything bigger than that on a joist floor.
An 80 gallon water heater would way the same and sits on about 5 1/2 square feet, your 75 sits on about 8 square feet.I have a 300 on the second floor of a 65 year old building, it seems like most people don't do anything bigger than that on a joist floor.
Dan Feller;1514855; said:There have been several threads about this, a 75 would be fine on any floor that is built to support people...
I have a 300 on the second floor of a 65 year old building, it seems like most people don't do anything bigger than that on a joist floor.
If it's the metal stand I think he has, it's not sitting on 8 square feet...... More like 8 square inches!
cchhcc;1515332; said:
that does not make sense. Adding a piece of wood underneath does not make a difference. The four legs will touch the plywood underneath the carpet, which would then distribute the weight over the floor joists. Adding a piece of plywood in between the 4 legs and the floor plywood is really not making much of a difference
The old couch situation comes in handy
A couch with 4 average people on it would weigh about the same as your fish tank. The plywood, would help to not warp the plywood under the carpet, and give it a little more strength, precautionary measure.
A couch with 4 average people on it would weigh about the same as your fish tank. The plywood, would help to not warp the plywood under the carpet, and give it a little more strength, precautionary measure.
And I have a 75, and a 55 on the second floor of an apt and am upgrading to a 120. Even the 120 won't be a problem. Run the tank across the floor joists.
