falling through my floor?

draco · #1 12-28-2006, 03:16 AM

i am just setting up a 90gall tank and i am scared that it is going to fall through my floor. any input. i live on the 2nd floor of an old apartment and was told that the floors were made of cement. i have heard scary stories of tanks falling through what do you think my chances are?

andsoitgoes · #2 12-28-2006, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by draco

i am just setting up a 90gall tank and i am scared that it is going to fall through my floor. any input. i live on the 2nd floor of an old apartment and was told that the floors were made of cement. i have heard scary stories of tanks falling through what do you think my chances are?

It's funny - I've been freaking out about this since we set up our angelfish breeding rack. I've got wooden floors and there's a "sub" basement under - if you look at 4x15g, 44g and a 20g tank with my not so small self, a large king sized bed, etc - So far we're not dead... althogh one day I expect to come home and find everything sunken in

I don't like to think about those scary stories... they're too scary!

Tarolisol · #3 12-28-2006, 04:03 AM

It would only weight about 900lbs i very seriously doubt it could go through you floor.

draco · #4 12-28-2006, 04:11 AM

i am starting to feel a little better still scared though. (i always panic).

TRIX · #5 12-28-2006, 04:18 AM

If you do have a concrete floor the compresive strength (if it passed) would be a minimum of about 3000psi. The Tensile Strength is about 8%-12% of that. The shear strength of concrete is about 5% of the compressive strength. The correlation between compressive strength and flexural, tensile, torsional, and shear strength varies with concrete ingredients and environment. So basically concrete floors should handel pretty much any tank any of us would be putting on it. In any event please consult a Structual Engineer and refer to the structual plans and the test results before doing anything that would be more than the general use for that building. I will not and can not be held accountable for any damage that happens to any structure that anyone who reads this or hears about this information may cause.

draco · #6 12-28-2006, 04:56 AM

so then.... its good if it is concrete, and if it isnt. will i find out the hard way?