Will my floor support a 300 gallon tank????

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perfect_prefect;2405401; said:
bud8fan good move on the supports, all those holes the electricians cut to run there wiring remove strength from your joists.

everyone should stop the discussion, read the article that the link was to in the very beginning of this thread, come back to the table and then have an intelligent conversation about structural integrity. thats really all there is to it. if you put a 3 ton aquarium on a floor that you havent reinforced, or had atleast inspected by a professional then you really should have your head inspected. you may not have a problem now, or in the near future, but the damage you do to the floor doesnt just go away, it compounds over time, maybe the next owner sticks a piano there and has it fall on there head when there in the room below it and dies. all because you didnt research before you put your aquarium up.
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I read the article which is very inconclusive and lacking. I talked with a structural engineer. I did hours of reseach. Would you please point out what part of my post is not what you would consider an " intelligent conversation".

Did you even take time to look at either link I provided, or are you just posting on here to look like you know something? You have added nothing to this thread, BTW how the hell does this setup weigh 3 tons?
 
perfect_prefect;2405401; said:
bud8fan good move on the supports, all those holes the electricians cut to run there wiring remove strength from your joists.

everyone should stop the discussion, read the article that the link was to in the very beginning of this thread, come back to the table and then have an intelligent conversation about structural integrity. thats really all there is to it. if you put a 3 ton aquarium on a floor that you havent reinforced, or had atleast inspected by a professional then you really should have your head inspected. you may not have a problem now, or in the near future, but the damage you do to the floor doesnt just go away, it compounds over time, maybe the next owner sticks a piano there and has it fall on there head when there in the room below it and dies. all because you didnt research before you put your aquarium up.
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:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :ROFL:
300 gallons of water is only 1.25 ton
Where do you get 6000lbs?(3 ton)
3500lbs of gravel/plants and tank?

Quit trippin'
and do you really think when the house sells,
that the buyer doesn't have the property inspected before closing,
it's mandatory!
 
tie a couple balloons to it to help counteract the weight.:headbang2
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but seriously thats alot of weight, i'd get some professional opinions. personally i'd do it with some "home engineering", but im nuts.
 
first of all i wasnt talking to the very few people here that were actually having an intelligent conversation, i was talking to the people that pop in and say, my buddy set one up 3 months ago and its fine do it, or no problem i know a guy that has a 125 upstairs.


for some reason i was tired posting, and i doubled some weights in my head or something. or maybe i was dyslexic and flipped a 2 to a 5 something we all have our moments.
 
perfect_prefect;2406710; said:
first of all i wasnt talking to the very few people here that were actually having an intelligent conversation, i was talking to the people that pop in and say, my buddy set one up 3 months ago and its fine do it, or no problem i know a guy that has a 125 upstairs.


for some reason i was tired posting, and i doubled some weights in my head or something. or maybe i was dyslexic and flipped a 2 to a 5 something we all have our moments.
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I guess I did just sort of pop in and said "It'll be fine". However, it's my own 300 gallon tank and it's been set up for two years.

There have been lots of these threads in the past. There have been plenty of people saying "Don't do it!". What I haven't seen is posts from people that have actually experienced damage - with pix, of course! It just doesn't seem to happen...

A second-story floor is not inherently weaker than a first-story floor (at least in newer homes built to code). There are other problems with situating a Monster Tank upstairs. If it leaks or fails you've got the potential to damage two stories worth of sheetrock, insulation, flooring, et cetera. Overflows can be equally devastating. Just getting the tank and stand in place is more difficult.

I guess the bottom line is that it's your house and you need to make a judgement call. I would do it (and am doing it), but I have a high tolerance for risk in my life - It makes things more interesting :)
 
perfect_prefect;2406710; said:
first of all i wasnt talking to the very few people here that were actually having an intelligent conversation, i was talking to the people that pop in and say, my buddy set one up 3 months ago and its fine do it, or no problem i know a guy that has a 125 upstairs.


for some reason i was tired posting, and i doubled some weights in my head or something. or maybe i was dyslexic and flipped a 2 to a 5 something we all have our moments.
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not only do i know a guy with a 125 i myself have a 125 and a 55 and 2 20 gals and 2 10 gals so i do have 240 gallons in my living room on the seccond floor of my apartment with no problems in over 2 yrs



also do you know anybody with a water bed on a seccond floor look up the wight on a king size water bed then add 2 people to that
 
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