Da Squid
Aquarium Advice Freak
This is more of a structural question than a fish tank question...
I'm planning on putting a 55g tank in my second floor den. I've done all the research for it/planned it all out and would hate to switch to a smaller tank now. I'm concerned whether or not that kind of weight would be safe for a second floor.
I live in perhaps a 90 year old house. The boards creek a little when you walk on them but no more than any other house that age.
Does anyone have any exerience or know any stories to persuade/dissuade me from going through with this?
I keep thinking of the scene in the movie "Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?" where they find out teh fat lady is destroying the frame work of the second floor house. A 55g would be much heavier than your average fat lady
I'm planning on putting a 55g tank in my second floor den. I've done all the research for it/planned it all out and would hate to switch to a smaller tank now. I'm concerned whether or not that kind of weight would be safe for a second floor.
I live in perhaps a 90 year old house. The boards creek a little when you walk on them but no more than any other house that age.
Does anyone have any exerience or know any stories to persuade/dissuade me from going through with this?
I keep thinking of the scene in the movie "Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?" where they find out teh fat lady is destroying the frame work of the second floor house. A 55g would be much heavier than your average fat lady