Will It Be Ok Upstairs?

[Smoothy]

I used to keep fish many years ago when I was roughly 15 -16 ... always had them downstairs and from reading loads on here have now found out I was doing everything wrong Such as adding fish straight away and doing a complete strip down of everything every couple of months, and I mean everything, fish out, gravel, every drop of water and all plants etc

I hope from what I've been reading to do everything right from now on ... obviously mistakes will be made, but I'll learn from them

I have ordered a Fluval Roma 125L tank with cabinet from seapets online ... which hopefully will be delivered Wednesday next week ... my question is will it be ok upstairs in one of my bedrooms (floorboards) ... I know each house is different but just wondered what your thoughts are? or am I being stupid and worrying too much

 

[jonny_dw]

I have a 120 litre tank upstairs.I would think it would be fine but if your concerned then put it against a supporting wall and running the oppersite direction to the beams underneath eg if the beams run north to south then put the tank east to west.

Hope that makes sense basically it should be fine

 

[Smoothy]

Yes ... that makes perfect sense thanks for replying

 

[Truck]

in short no it wont be ok, without a structural engineers advice, i have sucsessfully put a 125 litre tank the same size as yours upstairs, over 2 joists, but i checked that my joists have no structural damage such as wood worm etc.

 

[onebto]

truck

 

[konigwolf]

If an upstairs room cant handle a 125L tank (figure around) 150kg maybe a little more set up (the weight of 2 people), I'd really thing about moving house.

KW

 

[OldMan47]

There is a huge difference between having a steady 150 KG in one spot for years on end and having someone walk through a room. If the weight sits in one spot for a very long time, things like the supporting boards will slowly deflect over time and could become permanently warped. That is something I would never worry about with someone walking through a room. Oversimplification equating permanent loads to transient loads is always suspect.

 

[onebto]

Totally agree konigwolf be honest with that sort of weight a quick check of beams to make sure there is no degredation would serve you well no need for a structural engineer on this one

I got a 190 litre juwel trigon in a flat on the second floor