The weight of the stand is typically around 100 lbs and needs to be sturdy enough to hold the full weight of the tank itself.
Fish tank weight 2nd floor.
Hello i just got a 75 gallon tank from my uncle and i want to put it upstairs but i am nervious that in the morning it will be downstairs.
Even with wood it should be fine given each square inch of floor is supporting roughly 1 1lbs.
Also the the shape of the tank would matter as well.
What is a good rule of thumb for tank weight and placing it on another floor other then the main foundation floor or basement.
Below are some rough guidelines as to what to expect when looking at aquariums and empty vs full weight.
Is this a high tank or a long tank.
A gallon of freshwater at a specific gravity of 1 000 weighs 8 34lbs.
Just have it up against an outer wall and have it on a flat surface like plywood to help distribute the weight.
I had a 2000lb tank on the third floor for a few years but that building was made of concrete.
I live on the 2nd floor of a two floor condo and i have one 60 gal.
Every time i walk by the tanks i see the surface water in the tank waving.
Typical new home manufactured floor trusses only good for 10 pounds per square foot in a large room and maybe as much as 20 pounds per square foot in a small.
Fish tanks sitting on an l shape corner of the living room.
I am worry that my fish tanks are destroying the building structure.
The less surface area of the floor it takes up per gallon the higher the danger would be.
A standard 75 gallon filled 75 gallon aquarium weighs about 800 lbs considering water weight the weight of the glass enclosure and the weight of the rocks and decorations at the bottom of the tank.
55 gallon tank on second floor can a 55 gallon be put on a second floor can i put a 55 gallon fish tank on the second floor can my 2nd floor support a 55 gallon aquarium how large an aquarium can you keep on second floor is aquarium too heavy for 2nd floor will 55 gallon aquarium ruin my floor would a 54gal aquarium be to heavy for upstairs rooms.
Please tell me it won t happen i don t want to see my fish tanks travel through the floor and land.
One 37 gal.
My two brothers and i weigh 800 lbs together and we jumped off the sofa onto my floor and it didn t break so i know that the floor can safely hold more than a 800 lb aquarium yes the dropped weight exerted a force greater than 800 pounds but it was a short term impact load.