Aquariums on the second floor

[LordBarron7692]

yeah seriously it should be ok I mean unless your wanting to put like a 500 gal tank up there it should be fine

[williesand33]

I have a perry home have a 120 gal 70 and 40 gal upstairs in the same room have had two 125 gal a 70 and 90 all in one room with no problem.

[crazy42bmx]

I used to live in an old apt complex in San Diego and had a 100 on the second floor with no issues. if your iffy on it lay a 3/4 piece of plywood under the stand so that it puts the weight over and equal area and you have no one area with all the preasure. If possible try to set the tank so that it runs cross ways with the trusses. That'll help out for more weight distribution too.

[Fire eel 18]

Thanks guys y'all are making me feel a lot more comfortable about putting that tank upstairs.

[vinc]

I can stand in a square foot space and I weigh more than 40 pounds.

LOL!! Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought this when I read that earlier.

To answer the op, I have a Fluval Edge (approx. 6.5g), JBJ 28g Nanocube, standard 20g, 40B (with sump/refug.), and a 120g (with wet/dry) all on the second floor of where I live. No problems yet

[wesleydnunder]

Live load also refers to dynamic weight (i.e. jumping jacks, running, falling, ect.) while static weight covers things such as furniture, aquariums, beds. Moving and shifting weight (live loads) are much less then static loads such as furniture.

As an aside, the minimum live load that Texas requires on all resedential dwellings is 40 pounds per square foot, so they are really telling you absolutely nothing other then they broke no laws in building it. It is likely far more substantial, but they do not want to accept any liability should it prove false.

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You can minimize any risk by setting the tank perpendicular to the direction the floor joists run or, as mentioned, place over a load-bearing wall.

Mark

[ensign_lee]

Had my 125g on the third floor of an apt complex here in Houston, and currently have one on teh 2nd in my condo. Seems okay so far? I hope?

Satyeda t first apt for 2 years. only 6 months into this condo one.