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Tommy Root
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after almost 2 weeks of having my tank set up on my secod floor i realized that the floor is sagging due to the weight. i realized this when my door to my room would no longer close without dragging on the frame. my tank is a 90g tank. now i have wasted 90g worth of salt. my solution to this problom is to switch my 90g salt with the 55g fw. my freshwater is located in the corner of my room(two outside walls).my ammonia cycle has already started and now its all a waste. i had lans to go and get 100lbs of liverock from my lfs tomorrow. plans change and now i am over three weeks behind my schedule by the time i move my fw into the place of where the 90g SW was. FW Q- i am moving my fish out of my tank to completely drain it. i have approx 16 or 17 cichlids 2.5-4.5" can i put them all into a ten gallon for a few hours if i put a bunch of PVC in it?
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Eek I'm sorry to hear that. My advice with the cichlids is to put them in individual tupperware containers and just monitor temp and aerate them . As long as they arn't in there for an unreasonable amount of time (12+ hours) they will be allright. (are they africans?)
 
A 10g for that many fish even a few hours might be a bit much although I feel confident they would live. How about putting them in a 32 gallon brute can?

Is the 90g out in the middle of the floor? Most any sized tank could be placed on a second floor as long as it is up against a wall that has a load bearing wall underneath.
 
schigara said:
A 10g for that many fish even a few hours might be a bit much although I feel confident they would live. How about putting them in a 32 gallon brute can?

Is the 90g out in the middle of the floor? Most any sized tank could be placed on a second floor as long as it is up against a wall that has a load bearing wall underneath.
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Thats what I was thinking. The only way it should sag is if the tank is in the middle of the room or if on the first floor under where the tank is there is not a load bearing wall anywhere nearby.
 
schigara said:
A 10g for that many fish even a few hours might be a bit much although I feel confident they would live. How about putting them in a 32 gallon brute can?

Is the 90g out in the middle of the floor? Most any sized tank could be placed on a second floor as long as it is up against a wall that has a load bearing wall underneath.
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If its an old house ~1500lbs might be a little excessive.
 
Actually, a 90 with a good sized sump and enough rock in the tank and sump could easily reach 1500lbs.

To revise, any house, new or old with a weak or eroded foundation could present problems for any mid to large sized tank. In any case, directly next to or over a bearing wall is best.

jagr200 said:
1500lbs?!?!?! Where do you get this figure? Water weighs 8.3 lbs per gallon so 90 gallons is 747lbs. Add in a 100 or so lbs of sand and you have 847. So 1500 is a long shot.
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Also for a tank that large you need to make sure it is placed (the long way) pendicular to the floor joists. Use a stud finder if you arn't sure.
 
it is placed up against a wall but not against a load bearing one. also i am getting rid of the three largest cichlids(to a friend).
 
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