Fish tank upstairs.

[Fish]

Whats up,

I recently bought 75g and 60g setups. Right now I have a 46g, 30g, and 10g setup upstairs in a room with hardwood floors, along the same wall. the 75/60g will be replacing the 46 and 30. 75 will be set up along wall that 46/30/10 is set up on. And 60 and 10g on the opposite side of the room. I've had no problem or worries about my current setup with weight/upstairs. But got interested in if there would be a problem with the bigger tanks, and all the info out on google is super scary. My house was built in 1989, and my question is does anyone have 75g+ upstairs on a wood framed house? I feel like everything would be ok but don't want to collapse the house!

Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Parker

[xrickyhoangx]

i have seem a 200gal upstairs before, but im not sure about the flooring it had.

[Super Fish]

Out of advise i would not do it .. even tho i did have one of my big tanks upstairs but my house was very well build . Now the reason i say this is because have you ever thought if any of your tanks leak water can you imagine how it will be .. you will have to spend quite alot of money to fix your second floor, plus your ceiling plus what ever if carpet or tile on the floor.. i know out of experience it is a risk you are taking like they say learn and suffer the consequences . But i wish you the best of luck on your decision and hope you can share some pics with us once you get every thing setttle in .

[gettin2me]

Weight wise I would say ok, I was upstairs in an 80's wood framed house and had a rack with well over 200 gallons along with a 150 and a 125 and had no problems. But id have to agree with the leak problem not being a good idea.

[Stickzula]

All floors are different, but generally follow a standard design criteria. I want to say that the standard load criteria is 40-10-0-10 (but I can't remember for sure what the UBC/IBC says the minimum is) which is essentially saying that the floor supports can withstand the following pressures.

40lbs per square foot of "live" load on the top of the support. This would be anything that is not permanently affixed to a single location. Furniture, people, pets, etc fall into this category.

10 lbs per square foot of "dead" load on the top of the support. This would be anything that is permanently attached to the support that is likely not to move throughout the life of the structure. The plywood sub-floor, tile, grout, hardwood flooring, etc fall into this category.

0 lbs live load on the bottom of the support.

10 lbs dead load on the bottom of the support. This includes any ceiling materials, drywall, ductwork, etc.

So fish tanks fall into the top of the support live load category which is 40 lbs per square foot. A 75g tank covers about 6 sq feet so the entire thing could weigh 240 lbs and be covered by the design load. However the water alone weighs 600 lbs so additional reinforcement may be a good idea.

HERE (http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/aquarium_weight.php) is an article that goes into more detail. Hope this helps.

[robert1]

I wouldnt do it. I am sure it would be ok, but why risk it. and like stickzula said, dead load of excess of 600 lbs for however lonk you have it set up.... and like superfish said the leak probability is always high with our tanks. you dont want 1 gallon of water on the subfloor let alone 75+

[sassynurse2]

I had a 75 gallon in the upstairs i was told to place it at an outter wall. It worked out with no problem. And I hope a leak doesn'toccur for you