how safe is a 55gal upstairs?

[lucid_boy]

hello I recently purchased a 55 gallon fishtank and I was very excited to set it up untill I started reading about how much weight is exerted with that many gallons of water, (upwards of 550lbs full I think) anyway I am probably just worrying about it too much but is this going to be 100% safe completely full? thanks in advance:huh:

 

[TimmyB42386]

55 on a second floor will be fine, unless your house is built like an 80 year old crack house..

 

[dvd_wightman]

Welcome to AC. The tank should be okay, but if you have any concerns, than you can have the floor checked by a professional engineer or contractor.

 

[Derringer]

Without knowing the framing layout and the condition of the framing, there's no way to say for sure that its 100% safe. That doesn't mean you wont be ok though; a 55g aquarium *should be ok just about anywhere in the home without too much worry - so relax and have fun.

 

[lucid_boy]

thank you all again, it is the 3rd floor apartment and it is going to look so awesome when it is finally done! I am just testing it for cracks now.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

i would ask the apartment manager.

 

[lucid_boy]

yeah but he will probly tell me no bueno on the fish... and i love them too much to risk that. ask forgivness berfore permission right?

 

[TimmyB42386]

I'm no engineer, and maybe someone can help me out, but if its the third floor of an apartment complex, you should be safer than the second floor of the home because of regulation to have fire walls surrounding each unit, and wouldn't the cement walls make almost every wall in the apartment a support wall?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

yeah but he will probly tell me no bueno on the fish... and i love them too much to risk that. ask forgivness berfore permission right?

could have legal problems or something.

 

[lucid_boy]

but a refridgerator must weight a lot too right. and I have one of those, I guess if my manager says no i will just have to sell my beloved 55gal