Will the floor hold my 190g...

[MikeP471612]

I want the tank on my middle floor (my house is two levels with a basement). There is a main wall that the tank will be placed along. This wall runs from the ceiling through the middle floor and to the basement. It will be centered in-between another short wall that also does the same and an outside wall. The tanks weight will be spread across 3 stringers. I estimate the tank will weigh between 2000 and 2500 pounds.

Thanks for any help.

 

[MikeP471612]

63 views so far and no one has a similar tank set up? Does everybody put a tank this size in the basement?

 

[carlsbl]

I don't own one this big, yet........ But my neighbor does. He lives in a house built in 1975 and he place his 200 gallon against an outside wall. After about a month the thing was no longer level and he ended up buying some support poles for the basement to jack the floor up so it's level. A waterbed is heavier than a tank but the weight is more evenly distributed. IMHO, I would provide support if nothing else to keep the tank level.


Brian