Fish Tank Too Heavy For Floor

Hey so about three years ago i was in 7th grade and got really interested in starting a saltwater tank.

Fish tank too heavy for floor.

The same basic principles would apply to a 150 gallon as would apply to a 125 gallon with considerations about placement and identifying load bearing structures being important to the decision making process. However it was built in 2008 and used engineered floor joists. This video demonstrates how to effectively support the floor und. The less surface area of the floor it takes up per gallon the higher the danger would be.

Regardless of the material the tank is made of the real problem comes into play when it is filled with water and fish. I placed my 160 gallon on my first floor on an outside wall. Gallon aquarium then your floor should be okay too since the person posting the question provides no information at all about the composition of the floor construction the span of the floor framing or the relative position of the tank there is just no way for anyone to provide a logical answer. Is this a high tank or a long tank.

The outside wall i put it on had the joists running perpendicular to the tank being 5 wide it rested on top of 4 different joists and the left and right sides were between joists. Glass tanks are twice as heavy as acrylic tanks. I guess it was that i was too young and wasn t responsible enough but i didn t clean it. An empty twenty gallon glass aquarium weighs over twenty five pounds while an acrylic tank weighs half that.

If my floor didn t collapse with a. In this video i show all materials needed and how to support the floor under your aquarium. So for christmas i got a 30 gallon tank. Also the the shape of the tank would matter as well.

As with the 125 gallon tank there is much to consider before opting for such a large setup.