75 Gallon-Second Floor Condo??

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PPOHolbrook

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hey people. need some advice. I just bought a condo on second floor. I thought my tank would be okay, now i am having second thoughts, making sure, whatever you wanna call it.
SHould my 75 gallon be ok on the second floor?? I have light weight stand and canopy, nothing elaborate.

Brian
 
I have a 75gallon tank to set up in my third floor flat so I'm interested in the answers to this post. I recon it mostly depends on the construction of the floor you are mounting it on. What is the floor made from? I am planning to set up mine near a wall over where a suport beam runs as I recon it's the strongest spot.

It is something to be thought about as water weighs a lot but I recon if I don´t worry about filling up my bath tub a fish tank shouldn't be much worse. Of course something like wooden floor boards would add extra problems.
 
You should be fine. I had a 75 gallon tank in a third floor apartment with no problems. And it is likely you will place it next to a wall, which is even better, framing wise. Think of it this way - if you had 3 beer drinking, pizza, chips and hot dog eating 250 pound friends over sitting on a big heavy couch watching football, they most likely wouldn't fall through the floor. We're talking about the same weight here, give or take. I think that is analogy is all scientific proof you will need...:D Enjoy!
 
PPOHolbrook said:
hey people. need some advice. I just bought a condo on second floor. I thought my tank would be okay, now i am having second thoughts, making sure, whatever you wanna call it.
SHould my 75 gallon be ok on the second floor?? I have light weight stand and canopy, nothing elaborate.

Brian
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Hi Brian,

You're probably fine. We're talking 600-750 lbs. here, which isn't bad, unless you're in a real old building that hasn't been maintained well. My only suggestion would be to put it so the tank goes across the floor beams, not parallel to them. You'll spread the weight over more pieces of lumber that way, instead of stressing just a couple.

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Is your floor wood ? I have a 120 and a 125 , 2nd floor condo with concrete floors. It was the water bed that I got rid of :)
 
I could be wrong, but I think most condos/apartment buildings have a layer of concrete seperating the floors for noise purposes. I my opinion, you'd be ok.
 
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