Wallace
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi,
I originally started looking for some guidelines as to how heavy of a tank can a typical 2nd floor supports, and did found a lot of good info. But the more I read into it, the more it seems there will never be a definite answer - position of the tank (if its close to a load bearing wall, if its parallel to the floor joists, etc. etc.), its footprint, type of stand, which floor its on... The bottom line is that after reading everything I could find and doing all the math, my only conclusion is just that what we are doing "should" be OK.
Therefore, since we can "never be sure" until the day our tank falls through the floor, I thought maybe I should ask the question differently...
Have anyone seen / heard / read about an aquarium broke through and landed on the floor below, because the floor couldn't support its weight? If so, what was the damage and can you provide as much information (size of tank, floor type, etc.) as possible? I mean, will it just goes "ka-boom" and fall 9 feet straight-down and then exploded on the floor below? Since our tank is going into a second floor of an office building, we will not be able to reinforce the floor joists and I am at a point that I just want to know what is the worse case scenario, and how often it happens. If its only a 0.001% chance it will crush the floor, I am not going to worry too much about it. But if every other person had heard horror stories about it, maybe I should think twice... I don't want to kill the nice receptionist lady downstairs. (She is kind'a hot.)
Thanks!
Wallace
p.s. Mods - if you think this is in the wrong forum, please feel free to move it... since its neither salt or fresh water specific I thought this is the best place for it. Thx!!
I originally started looking for some guidelines as to how heavy of a tank can a typical 2nd floor supports, and did found a lot of good info. But the more I read into it, the more it seems there will never be a definite answer - position of the tank (if its close to a load bearing wall, if its parallel to the floor joists, etc. etc.), its footprint, type of stand, which floor its on... The bottom line is that after reading everything I could find and doing all the math, my only conclusion is just that what we are doing "should" be OK.
Therefore, since we can "never be sure" until the day our tank falls through the floor, I thought maybe I should ask the question differently...
Have anyone seen / heard / read about an aquarium broke through and landed on the floor below, because the floor couldn't support its weight? If so, what was the damage and can you provide as much information (size of tank, floor type, etc.) as possible? I mean, will it just goes "ka-boom" and fall 9 feet straight-down and then exploded on the floor below? Since our tank is going into a second floor of an office building, we will not be able to reinforce the floor joists and I am at a point that I just want to know what is the worse case scenario, and how often it happens. If its only a 0.001% chance it will crush the floor, I am not going to worry too much about it. But if every other person had heard horror stories about it, maybe I should think twice... I don't want to kill the nice receptionist lady downstairs. (She is kind'a hot.)
Thanks!
Wallace
p.s. Mods - if you think this is in the wrong forum, please feel free to move it... since its neither salt or fresh water specific I thought this is the best place for it. Thx!!