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I'm planning on a 150 gallon. I was just wondering if it mattered where I placed it in my house, incase it might break the floor... If it matters, i have a basement.

Any suggestions would be great!

-Nick

well a gallon weighs 8lbs

150 gallons would be 1200 lbs. thats a lot.



if your floor might be weak i would not put it there. i would also not put it on a second floor. I'm not exactly sure if your floors could hold it. depends what they are.

also a stand that distributes weight evenly helps a lot

Last edited by Ethan14 at 16-Jul-2005 15:18

Anything over probably 90gallons I'd make sure the floor wasn't really old or weak. You might be able to put a 150g on a 2nd floor next to an outside wall but it would really depend how sturdy your floors are and how much rock work your planning to put into it.

The house is new, built in 2000. I plan on putting the tank on the 1st story (between the basement and the top floor).

Well, if it's a new house, i wouldn't worry much.


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Hi,
Actually... an aquarium with gravel and other ornaments
weighs, on the average, at least 10 pounds/gallon.

Tanks that large should always be placed parallel to,
and against, a loadbearing wall.
They should also be perpendicular to the floor joists.
Also, the tank stand should distribute the weight of the
tank across the entire footprint and not just the four
corners (for instance a wrought iron tank with four feet
touching the floor).

Unless it is new construction, or you can get under it
and shore it up, when you start thinking "big water tanks"
(those 100G and higher) the basement is the least
worrysome.

Frank

Last edited by FRANK at 18-Jul-2005 01:17

Last edited by FRANK at 18-Jul-2005 01:18

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Hi, if you sit the tank on a board it will distribute the weight evenly, i find solid core doors work well, you should be able to get one cheap from your hardware store, just a plain unpainted one. In australia they are about $80-$90 new, or if you ask them they should have a packing door (used on the bottom of the pallet) they may let you have for free.