Floor - To brace or not to brace??

[Dearth]

The floor will support your tank however because it will be supported by one beam anytime you get a person walking by you will see a swing in the water I know because I went through it before I would personally add cross bracing and/or a post to help distribute the weight a lil more but the choice is yours to make what ever you decide and good luck with it

[WarDog]

I have to second gregzz4 on this one. That structure will handle the weight no problem, but your tank will bounce a bit for sure. For $100 of lumber you can sleep better at night.

[mark]

am I missing something, it's only a 6' span, where's all this bouncing coming from? Planning a party between the tank and those side walls?

[denny_C]

Like I said little buddy you'll be fine I've seen worse for sure


Really like Steve's idea of fixing stand to the wall behind the tank that's actually genius

Unless its concrete I think all floors have bounce to them , if your worried about your joist you could stitch another on there and add some cross bracing but I don't see any issues with the way it is right now.

[Ryancw]

thanks for all the replies guys. I think im going to try and add another joist in between the black ABS and the HVAC so there are two beneath the tank just for piece of mind. i don't doubt that it will hold the weight the way it is now but i do have gatherings over from time to time and id rather not see the tank rocking under any added weight