Please Put My Mind At Rest

[cjohnston]

I have just bought a 5ft tank and live in a flat, the floors are concrete, but I can't help worrying.

Does anybody else have a large tank in a flat?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

It should be fine .
I have 3 5ft long 125gallon tanks in my kitchen and the floor is thick concrete and they are fine on it .

 

[fishwatcher]

I wouldn't worry about concrete floors at all. I do worry about our wood floors though, and that's why I won't get a tank bigger than 30 g.

 

[Chuka1212]

I've never had a tank that big but I am also an apartment dweller (Im assuming a flat is an apartment Anyways I had a tank that weighed well over 250 pounds in a third story apartment. I asked my apartment managers if they could give me any info on floor support when I wanted to purchase a 55 gallon tank, they couldn't help me but maybe yours could help you.

 

[cjohnston]

Blimey, do you have room for the cooker, did you really say 3 x 5ft?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Blimey, do you have room for the cooker, did you really say 3 x 5ft?

Lol the kitchen is the biggest room in our house, but there's no room for a decent sized table anymore (there's three 5ft long tanks in total in there, each one is 5x2x2ft big ).

 

[smmetz]

I guess that will weigh around 1000-1500 pounds with everything, depending on how tall and wide the tank is.

With concrete floors, I think it should be fine. (just my guess)

If you know where the load bearing walls are, I would try to put it up against one of them just to be safe.

With a concrete floor, at least you don't need to worry about which way the floor joists run!

If your rent contract forbids waterbeds due to weight issues, I would start getting more nervous.

 

[cjohnston]

I am kinda thinking that the bath takes more water (and me), so it should be okay, it just is a bit intimidating.

 

[doresy]

I am kinda thinking that the bath takes more water (and me), so it should be okay, it just is a bit intimidating.

Only trouble with that theory is a bath is filled for a reasonably short time whereas an aquarium's weight is constant so sagging is a question. As you say the floors are concrete so it must be a purpose built flat so providing the tank is near a wall and not in the middle of the room then you should be ok. But I don't live below you!

 

[Alverez]

I wouldn't worry about concrete floors at all. I do worry about our wood floors though, and that's why I won't get a tank bigger than 30 g.

i have a 50 gal tank on a wooden floor and have had even bigget than that in the past , BUT it sits on the main beam so ive no reason to worry..........