Anybody have any large tanks in thier upstairs?

[rudy]

I am going to have a 8x36 x24 tank built against an outside wall on the main floor of my house. Orginal design was 10x 36 but due to wall size that is not going to work so I have had to scale off a couple feet of length

My question is I have a 1970s home in Silver Springs with 2x4 diagonal joists in the floor. I am obvisously worried about the weight. My current tank there is 220 gallons and is 6 feet but with the sump and size of this tank what am I going to need to do to reinforce the floor properly.

Does anybody know anyone in Calgary who can give me an honest opinion.

[howdy20012002]

i personally wouldn't risk it.
U currently have a 220 gallon with 2 x 4's?
I wouldn't have even risked that...lol.
I was worried about a 230 with 2 x 8's.
Guess I don't need to worry.
Neal

[rudy]

Sorry I meant the 2x4s sit on top of the joists. The joists are 2x8.

Still woud't risk it though hey?

[howdy20012002]

that would be about 5000 lbs..roughly
Alot of weight to end up downstairs.
Just my opinion though.
I am not an engineer and could be very wrong.
Neal

[robert]

Plenty of valuable info on the subject can be found in this article (http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/aquarium_weight.php).

[rudy]

Thanks that helped. Judging by that info I am not going to go 36 wide.

If I went with a tank 8x30x24 that is essentially 3000 pounds all said and done. The weight per square foot based on 20 square feet is essentially 150 pounds per square foot.

The floor should hold that wouldn't it?

In all honestly as the tank I have right now is about 13.2 square feet at 2000 pounds the weight per square foot would be the same for the new tank.

[Trooper]

I would like to come see the place you have allocated for this tank... I can offer a variety of solutions I'm sure.

Marcus

oh... I have 4 tanks @ 8 x 24 x 24 right now.