Large tanks in apartments??

[Ozy]

Would like to know if anyone has a large tank in their apartment. Would love to know as im moving in a few months. I want to amalgamate all my tanks in to one big tank. Im looking 6 to 7 feet tank - long story short; with all the water, rocks, driftwood, gravel, sump etc the tank will weigh about a tonne. So, i need to know if i should be looking for an apartment on the ground floor. My neighbour believes new apartments built in melb/victoria have a gross load limit of 1 tonne per sq meter. Can anyone give me any info thanks.

[reefdiver]

I would defenetly go for the ground apt. Two things come to mind damage to tenents under you and hassel of moving everything to a second floor. I only have a 4 FT tank.

[patrickriley2010]

Originally Posted by Ozy

Would like to know if anyone has a large tank in their apartment. Would love to know as im moving in a few months. I want to amalgamate all my tanks in to one big tank. Im looking 6 to 7 feet tank - long story short; with all the water, rocks, driftwood, gravel, sump etc the tank will weigh about a tonne. So, i need to know if i should be looking for an apartment on the ground floor. My neighbour believes new apartments built in melb/victoria have a gross load limit of 1 tonne per sq meter. Can anyone give me any info thanks.

Ground ... That's the problem I have with my apartment the floors already sag so I can't get much bigger . I should have just paid "120$ more a year and moved a building down that wasn't a total dump was in the basement and had its own backyard! Tiny but enough for a grill some lawn chairs and a fire pit man did I screw up!

[dmolavi]

Also, if you can't get a ground floor apartment, make sure your tank spans across the joists in the floor, instead of running parallel to them, otherwise, your downstairs neighbors will wake up with a pond in their living room.

[Alyxx]

I'm just trying to find an apartment where I can keep my aquariums...

[Ozy]

I think my measurements are wrong im looking at more like 700kg's. Regardless still very heavy. I might just stick to the ground level - as you said pat might also come with a little courtyard! Just so hard as i must buy a brand new appt to gain the first home owners grant from the government. so it narrows my search options,

[patrickriley2010]

Originally Posted by Ozy

I think my measurements are wrong im looking at more like 700kg's. Regardless still very heavy. I might just stick to the ground level - as you said pat might also come with a little courtyard! Just so hard as i must buy a brand new appt to gain the first home owners grant from the government. so it narrows my search options,

Buy an apartment or rent ? Or are you looking for a condo that or things work differently over seas I've never heard of buying an apt.

[Ozy]

Lol. I had to google condo, yes im buying a condo. We call it an apartment here aus.

[Rivers2k]

Originally Posted by dmolavi

Also, if you can't get a ground floor apartment, make sure your tank spans across the joists in the floor, instead of running parallel to them, otherwise, your downstairs neighbors will wake up with a pond in their living room.

And a new sky light

[chas10]

I live in an upstairs it sucks! I have so many tanks that I can't set up here so I stick to my 36 & 20 gallons. Def go for the downstairs. I didn't know I'd fall in love with fish when I moved in here I'm currently looking to move pretty much just for the fish lol

[librarygirl]

For a tank that size I'd definitely go for a ground floor. I'm on the top floor of my building and "only" have a 40 gal tank but I have constant nightmares of the tank falling through the floor lol Plus I had a filter leak a while back and didn't notice it until the carpet was saturated. It went through the floor and stained the ceiling below. Not fun.