Fish Tank Wood Floors

1 gallon weighs 10lbs so the weight of the water will be approx 820kg.

Fish tank wood floors.

Freshwater aquarium fish forum. Recently my house was redone with laminate flooring and i was wondering if a 60 gallon 500. From my experience it doesn t cause a problem if it dries. I am know i am bit messy so really fish tank and hardwood floor in same area a bad idea but that they way it goes.

Once the sub floor has dried i am going to put an engineered wood floor down i want to put a fish tank with a 6ft x 31in foot print on it. I splash water on the floor a lot when i move decor around or do a water change. First the weight of your aquarium bears on the subfloor. Hardwood floor and fish tank.

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. Just to be safe. Is a 60 gallon tank safe for laminate wood flooring. As with the 125 gallon tank there is much to consider before opting for such a large setup.

Had new hardwood floors installed last week and now i am ready to put my tank back in place. Thread starter 1 anthonysharpe new member. Thread starter anthonysharpe start date mar 26 2014. The tank is 2 ft deep.

Just wondering what you do if anything to protect the floor. I would personally remove the whole section of floorboards under the tank and replace as clive proposed with a section of marine plywood this is extremely. Can my floor support a 150 gallon fish tank. If you have a bending failure in your floor joists then the wood will pull apart at the bottom of the joist near the mid span of the joist.

Maybe worth having a check of the condition of the boards where the new tank will be kept have a check for any wood worm in the floor boards and also the joists below. 75 gallon aga with lifereef compact refugium 2 sump 2 t5 ho w individual reflector and 2 175 watt mh canopy retrofit kit geo 612 calcium reactor with masterflex and litermeter 3 water exchange system. For the most part this is of little concern unless it permanently puts a dent into your beautiful hardwood floors.