Weigt of tank

[rush07]

We may be moving to a new house and I would have to put my tanks on the first floor. I have always had them in the basement and never needed to worry about weight. If I remember my chemistry correctly, freshwater weighs 8.33 lbs/gal. Salt water is obviously more dense. I am sure someone here has that weight.

I can figure out the weight of the tank, stand, live rock etc.

Is there a rule of thumb as to how much weight is safe to up on a floor? Its a pretty solid house but I have no idea what would be safe.

BTW, the tank is a 65 gallon tank. The stand is MDF so it doesnt weigh too much. 20-30 lbs. maybe.

I also have a 110 and 55 gallon FW tanks. I may need to get down to 1 tank because of weight. We will have to see.

 

[deklin]

Saltwater is about 8.6 pounds per gallon.

Check out this article it is great information:
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html

For a 65 gallon tank you could place it just about anywhere with no problems. But if you want additional piece of mind, place it perpendicular to the floor joist direction and near a load bearing wall.

 

[papagimp]

No general rule of thumb to follow here since the amount your floor can support is unique to your house. My floor leans with a 55g set up. When weight is in question, look into bracing the floor joists. Not to hard from what I hear, I'm currently in the research phase for this myself, got a 220 and 110 I need to try and set up ASAP and I know my floor would buckle before the tanks were even 1/2 full.

 

[rush07]

Good info. Thanks guys (or gals).

 

[Shagsbeard]

If you are "moving" into a new house... that could mean one of two things. If you are renting, you should ask your new landlord person to do a home inspection. If you are buying, you should have one done yourself. A structural engineer could give you a ball park figure with a glance. We here are only guessing.