Once upon a time there was a Second Floor room, One Joist, and 40 Gallon Fish Tank...

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1HungryGoldfish

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Will this story have a happy ending?

The layout of the room demands that the tank be placed parallel to the joist. I was only going to get 30 gallons, but after seeing the 40 gallon breeders.... that has got to be the tank for me! That extra depth is amazing (12 to 18 inches)!.

The joist in question is right next to a load-bearing wall, but as I alluded to before, there is only one. By careful measurement I might be able to position the tank further from the parallel wall and have the tank very close to being over 2 joists, but I'm interested in the worst case scenario, only having it over a single span.

Please write the likely ending to my story, whether it be a light-hearted happy ending tale, or one of those Inevitible Trajedies that occur so often in those Greek Mythology Tales.
 
And they all lived happily everafter
 
That's 333.8105644 Pounds. I think I had a girlfriend that was that heavy. The apartment complex I was living in made me move to the ground floor while we were together. :eek:
Seriously, if the stand has a flat bottom, and not posts, you should be fine. If not, the story will end “And his insurance rates were higher for ever and ever”.
 
Good endings, and good point. The stand will have a flat bottom, not posts. In fact, I may actually make the bottom of the stand larger than the footprint of the tank, perhaps an extra 2 inches on each side, just to spread it out a little bit more. :coffee2:

I added that thing because I love coffee.
 
Addict (of fish I presume)

It does make me feel better, but what would make me better still is knowing your tank was parallal to the joists, not perp. How do your joists run?
 
Just to say it. Tank, plus substrate, plus stand, plus say 37 gallons of water will probably come out closer to 400 pounds. If your living in an apartment I would probably read the fine print of your rental agreement about now before buying and setting up a 40g tank upstairs. I haven't lived in an apartment for years, but if I'm remembering right there was usually something that said a maximum of 20g aquariums in upstairs apartments. I'm not saying that the floor shouldn't be able to take it, but I would probably want renters insurance before I did it.
 
1HungryGoldfish,
Wish I could tell you. I can't really tell you which way they run. The tank is in the middle of one of the living room walls. I didn't really plan a spot to put it.

Positioning it over one brace should be sufficent with a flat bottom stand.

...and yes, of aquaria (I like 'em all). ;)

Hound said:
Just to say it. Tank, plus substrate, plus stand, plus say 37 gallons of water will probably come out closer to 400 pounds. If your living in an apartment I would probably read the fine print of your rental agreement about now before buying and setting up a 40g tank upstairs. I haven't lived in an apartment for years, but if I'm remembering right there was usually something that said a maximum of 20g aquariums in upstairs apartments. I'm not saying that the floor shouldn't be able to take it, but I would probably want renters insurance before I did it.
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I was thinking the same thing when I moved here. But after reading it through (just re-signed it), I just have to notify them that I have an aquarium. There wasn't a limit.
 
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