Tank Weight !

[frankie2]

am waitng for delivery of my new tank , was rarther eager before i thought about the weight of a filled tank (600ltr) am gonna have to look at the floor in living room , any suggestions please , wooden floor !! i realise its goin to be suppored just a fe ideas please nik

 

[festo]

HI
Best to lift up a few floorboards and make sure your floor joists are in good nick,
your floor joists should be 6"x2" or 7"x2",
also calculate the weight of the tank when full and let me know!

 

[frankie2]

HI
Best to lift up a few floorboards and make sure your floor joists are in good nick,
your floor joists should be 6"x2" or 7"x2",
also calculate the weight of the tank when full and let me know!

ok cheers have got a mate coming round a.s.a.p gonna pull back carpet and ahve a look !! its a big old tank 6ft long 5ft high including stand , once full with sand and water can imigaine it being qiute heavy !! i wouldn want it on my toes anyway !! cant wait !!!!

 

[mislisa]

sounds like an awesome tank!

 

[frankie2]

HI
Best to lift up a few floorboards and make sure your floor joists are in good nick,
your floor joists should be 6"x2" or 7"x2",
also calculate the weight of the tank when full and let me know!

http/www.thinkfish.co.uk/calculators.php?calc=weight

is this any good to you ??

 

[Skins]

That is going to be some weight. You could reinforce your joists with nogging where your tank will be situated.

Keith.

 

[frankie2]

That is going to be some weight. You could reinforce your joists with nogging where your tank will be situated.

Keith.

we are going to support the joyce even if they look in good condition !! the tank is an ex display from LFS got a bit of a bargin looking forward to it , new venture not to sure which way to go with it though !?? any ideas skins ?

 

[Skins]

That is going to be some weight. You could reinforce your joists with nogging where your tank will be situated.

Keith.

we are going to support the joyce even if they look in good condition !! the tank is an ex display from LFS got a bit of a bargin looking forward to it , new venture not to sure which way to go with it though !?? any ideas skins ?

If i had a 600ltr tank i would proberly go down the african cichlid route. Look forward to seeing some pics when you settle it in

Keith.

 

[frankie2]

That is going to be some weight. You could reinforce your joists with nogging where your tank will be situated.

Keith.

we are going to support the joyce even if they look in good condition !! the tank is an ex display from LFS got a bit of a bargin looking forward to it , new venture not to sure which way to go with it though !?? any ideas skins ?

If i had a 600ltr tank i would proberly go down the african cichlid route. Look forward to seeing some pics when you settle it in

Keith.

am thinking something like that my self , but quite keen on the discuss , angels ect , bu sure time will tell !!!

 

[Skins]

That is going to be some weight. You could reinforce your joists with nogging where your tank will be situated.

Keith.

we are going to support the joyce even if they look in good condition !! the tank is an ex display from LFS got a bit of a bargin looking forward to it , new venture not to sure which way to go with it though !?? any ideas skins ?

If i had a 600ltr tank i would proberly go down the african cichlid route. Look forward to seeing some pics when you settle it in

Keith.

am thinking something like that my self , but quite keen on the discuss , angels ect , bu sure time will tell !!!

You will have plenty of time to research.

Keith.

 

[onebto]

That is over half a ton (uk) weight of water.

Not including tank cabinet and substrate but you will have a great sized tank

regards onebto

 

[Aqua Tom]

OMG, that is the perfect Discus tank.

Its over 3 times the size of mine & I thought that was big, lol

 

[frankie2]

That is over half a ton (uk) weight of water.

Not including tank cabinet and substrate but you will have a great sized tank

regards onebto

yeah ahve worked that out , by this time next week will have tank , maybe discuss , not to sure , some big plecs , loaches , corrys ?? hhhmmm goona be intersting and expencive i think !!!

 

[markandhisfish]

that tank will hold roughly 600kg of water . youre probably looking at a combined weight including tank , cabinet substrate etc of somewhere in the region of 3/4 of a metric ton, perhaps a little more . my 4x2x2 holds 450 litres water is just under 1 kg per litre . the weight of my tank empty is about 50kg so 1/2 ton combined plus the cabinet etc on top . mind you i have got about 150kg of rocks in mine too

 

[onebto]

That is over half a ton (uk) weight of water.

Not including tank cabinet and substrate but you will have a great sized tank

regards onebto

yeah ahve worked that out , by this time next week will have tank , maybe discuss , not to sure , some big plecs , loaches , corrys ?? hhhmmm goona be intersting and expencive i think !!!

Are you going to cycle the tank ?