2007-04-05 16:25:47 · 5 answers · asked by malone1423 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
A typical floor will hold a 90 gallon tank without too much trouble. First, it should be on the first floor of the house or even better in a basement on on a concrete slab. If you are placing it in a standard floor in a typically constructed home, plan to place it either along an outside wall or along the center wall of the house. Most homes have a center wall under which are additional mid-line supports. Floor joists are the support members for the floor and usually run from the front or the house to the back. Placing the tank so that it is across several joists will help to spread out the load so you should place it parallel to the front wall of the house. Using a stand that has one long continuous base instead of feet is also a good idea again because it spreads out the load. Your tank, including all decor, gravel stand etc will weigh in at about 900 lbs or so. That's 3 large adults sitting on a couch, except the couch would be about 2-3 feet or so longer than the tank so proper placement is important.
Space permitting, you can go under the house to the place under where you plan to place the tank and add additional block piers to add support if you so desire. It can't hurt.
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2007-04-05 16:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A decent house should be able to hold it with no problem. Make sure the weight is not on a weak spot but over a beam. I live in an apartment in a 90-year-old building and I have 12 tanks,including a 55-gallon,a30- gallon,and a 10-gallon on one tank stand,with no problem. I'd be more concerned about leaks flooding the floor. Did you ever have the family sit together at the dining room table or several people on the couch? That would be heavier than the tank.The weight would be less than 1/2 ton and will be spread out over a large area,not concentrated on one little spot.
2007-04-05 23:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
water weighs ca. 8 lbs per gallon, so you're talking about a weight of 720 pounds.
Compare that with a waterbed - it'll be roughly the same weight.
Most houses are built sturdily enough to support that kind of weight, but also consider that, for instance, a water bed has a broader base then an aquarium would have. You may have to build a base for the stand that is wider than the aquarium (to distribute the weight)- if you are 'upstairs'.
2007-04-05 23:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by flywho 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The floors in your house should be able to hold that without much trouble. Just make sure when you set it up to run the tank perpendicular to the floor support beams, not parallel.
2007-04-06 00:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by Talon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Basically, you have settle it in downstairs...there is no other way to it.
2007-04-05 23:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Mimi 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋