anybody keeping fish tanks on the third floor?

How big?? Any problems??

I had a 75g acrylic in my second floor apartment back in college. No problems (except I wished it were bigger)The biggest glass tank I have had above the first floor was a 55g. What's the reason you are asking? Weight, insurance, or....

lloyd378 wrote:I had a 75g acrylic in my second floor apartment back in college. No problems (except I wished it were bigger)The biggest glass tank I have had above the first floor was a 55g. What's the reason you are asking? Weight, insurance, or....

I guess both
I've had my 55g for over a year with out any problems
I just bought a 56g column and now I'm having a second thoughts about setting it up

I have a 56g on the second floor. The house was built in 2003 and the tank is on an outer wall.

Another column owner!

I got a 75g and 29g (both glass) on the fourth floor, sorta old building, no problems, and plan on setting up a 20g soon

I guess I'm just paronoid
I'm taking down the 55g and maybe setting up the 56g

Honestly, if the building can't support a 55g AND 56g, then it's probably not up to code... but if you're still worried, but still wanna have both set up, just don't have them next to each other -> weight distribution

Lamental Jester wrote:Honestly, if the building can't support a 55g AND 56g, then it's probably not up to code... but if you're still worried, but still wanna have both set up, just don't have them next to each other -> weight distribution

I only have room for one tank
This is what troubles me on the 55g the weight is distributed across 48" and the 56g is only distribute across 36 inches so theres more weight per square inch on the 56g

Ah, I understand... well, I would say a 56g is about 650lbs when you include water, substrate, and the tank itself. 650 lbs over 36 inches should be no problem. Thats about 3 fat dudes standing at the same spot, lol. But if you wanna be extra sure, then I would ask your property manager (I'm assuming it's an apartment building)

Hmm, so what you're saying here is that any "dude" weighing in the neighborhood of 216.67 lbs is "fat"? I'd buy 2 fat dudes, but I think 3 fat dudes would be at least 750 lbs ...

sidekicking wrote:How big?? Any problems??

As long as the tank is along a load bearing wall you will be fine! You may get some floor bounce if the tank is in the middle of a room. Either way the building will be structually sound to hold the weight of a 55-56 gallon tank.

pbmax wrote:Hmm, so what you're saying here is that any "dude" weighing in the neighborhood of 216.67 lbs is "fat"? I'd buy 2 fat dudes, but I think 3 fat dudes would be at least 750 lbs I think...

Lol, I'm just going by the department of health standards, but I guess I should use the term overweight instead

Ask Shua! lol Didnt they have like 400g tanks on the 4th floor?

lars on wrote:Ask Shua! lol Didnt they have like 400g tanks on the 4th floor?

I remember them having big tanks, but I didn't know they live on the fourth floor
Is Shua still posting on here?

sidekicking wrote:

lars on wrote:Ask Shua! lol Didnt they have like 400g tanks on the 4th floor?

I remember them having big tanks, but I didn't know they live on the fourth floor
Is Shua still posting on here?

yep! he just came back i think.