Will the apartment hold???

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kevbc03

kevbc03

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Hey guys, I'm sure many of you out there are living in an apartment along with your fish. I have a structural question..

I will be moving into an apartment on the 2nd floor and i want to bring my 110 gal, my 55 gal, and my 20 gal. Assuming they allow fish tanks, will the 2nd floor of an apartment complex hold 3 fish tanks without any conflicts?

110x8.34= 917.4 lbs
55x8.34= 458.7 lbs
20x8.34= 166.8 lbs

Without decor, equipment, and stands that is an accumulated 1542.9 lbs roughly...
Will this be a problem?
 
Should be fine, i lived in an old house converted into three apartments on each floor. I was ontop we had a 125, 90, 55 all in the same room.
 
I didn't even consider this before I put my 120 in my first floor apartment. There's about a 4mm difference in water level, suggesting an uneven floor but no major issues. The groundskeeper here reckons they're all concrete floored and will handle way more than I currently have so I could upgrade to the 220 as planned - if he's wrong the crazy Chinese lady that lives below will wake up with a hole in her ceiling and an Oscar in her bed!
 
Truly the only way to know is to have a engineer look...every apt building is built differently, in different times, with different materials. I had a 125, 75, 55, 40, and a 10 all running in my apt on the second floor, but idk if I would recommend it.
 
Hello; here is the web address of an article that talks about the issue.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html
My take is that the question can only be answered by someone with knowledge of structure actually having a look to see what you have and what condition it is in. A contractor? There have been posts describing damage from tanks from time to time, so it does happen. Good luck.
 
CanadianKeeper said:
just watch ur water levels, make sure it doesnt change. If its sloping more and more, your floor is giving away lol.
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That reassuring........lol quite terrifying.

and yes thank you for the input guys, much appreciated.

Thanks for the link as well. My questions are answered
 
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