130 Gallon Set up and weight?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by ktsalt

Does anyone on this website have 120 gallon or larger tank setup in their living room??

lots of people do ive kept a 180,200,110 and a 33g all in my living room lol

like mentioned it depends on your house

[CherylMcKay]

Originally Posted by ktsalt

Does anyone on this website have 120 gallon or larger tank setup in their living room??

Mine is 165 Gallons in the living room. It is on the outside wall across the main support beam in the house. The part that worried me is that it is not across multiple floor joists it is running with them. That is why we decided to put it across the beam.

[slakker]

Also consider the footprint of the tank/stand and how the weight will be distributed. If it's on a metal stand which usually have 4 feet of about 4-6 square inches, all that weight will be put onto 4 high PSI points.

Or think of it in another way... 1300 lbs is about 7 to 8 people. If your tank's foot print is say 4'x2' that's 8 square feet, then you get 8 people to stand in that area, does your floor squeak and squawk under that pressure?

[kien]

Originally Posted by slakker

Also consider the footprint of the tank/stand and how the weight will be distributed. If it's on a metal stand which usually have 4 feet of about 4-6 square inches, all that weight will be put onto 4 high PSI points.

Or think of it in another way... 1300 lbs is about 7 to 8 people. If your tank's foot print is say 4'x2' that's 8 square feet, then you get 8 people to stand in that area, does your floor squeak and squawk under that pressure?

This is a good point. I would never recommend putting a stand that has 4 feet right onto your main floor. I read recently on RC where a guy's tank had one of those feet push through the sub floor! It may be ok if you had hardwood floors but on carpet you're asking for trouble. That's a lot of PSI on the sub floor if it's landing in between two joists.

[Salt2Death]

How close; to an outside wall, load bearing wall, what is directly under it, can you place across the floor beams instead of with them in direction, base of your stand can also distribute weight,.....




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