Is Your Tank Too Heavy For Floor

Better i ll try to figure out which way the floor beams run.

Is your tank too heavy for floor.

I currently have a 270g with a 35g sump on wood floor joists. But you will need to provide the specs of your floors. If you place your tank next to a exterior or load barring wall and the tank is placed at a right angle to the floor beams you will be ok. If it ends up going through the floor it was probably too heavy.

But other people don t seem to be worrying about the 50 gallon tanks. If your tank is over 125 gallons then it is likely that you should consider adding supports under your wood framed floor. Example 40g high vs 40g long the long tank spreads more weight over the floor so it would have more supports under it. Dragoons were also the edgy and cool class that everyone played before drk came along.

Is this a high tank or a long tank. My floors are made out of 2x10s so they re pretty beefy. For example a 125 gallon tank on a wooden stand placed perpendicular to the joists up against a bearing wall will often be okay without any additional structural support. Get a professional opinion.

So i am trying to figure out if i had to place it parallel with the joists what kind of weight could it support. I ll bring the same question up in a couple of years when i move to a 100 gallon tank. So it sounds like i can safely get a 50 gallon or so and keep it next to an outside wall. I m looking forward to filling it up and getting it cycling but i m worried that it might.

Adding onto this their jumps were a lot longer as well leaving them with long animations that left them vulnerable to giant aoes. Any structural engineer will be able to tell you whether or not your floor can handle the weight. I just bought a 55 gallon fish tank time to expand. I try and orient my tank as you have described when i can but like i said if there is the perfect spot for a tank i dont want to not be able to put it there because i need to re enforce the floor.