NoobtoSalt Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well now that I've sold off most of my reef tank I'm ready to take the next step in the journey to have a 200+ gallon tank. I'm looking at a few tanks that are 8x2x2 (240 gallons). I plan on having a 40-50 gallon refugium and a 20-30 gallon sump. My current house is about 20 years old. Do I have to worry about bracing the floor any differently? I'm guessing not but I figured I would ask just in case. I'm looking at two different tanks, one is acrylic (should be lighter) and the other is a glass tank (I don't even want to think of how heavy it is)... Anyways for those of you that either have a larger tank or could help with some suggestions please let me know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 How big are your floor joists in the house if you span the tank across 4 floor joists 2foot on center the load should be just fine I am guessing though that you have 2x10 or 2x12 floor joists =) Is the crawl space under your house big enough to take a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 It's in a nicer neighborhood if that helps any. I claustraphobic so I won't be climbing down there anytime soon myself..(laugh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 The closer you have it to the foundation wall the stronger the floor will be (less leverage). So along a exterior wall. Hope that helps with out knowing for sure how it was built if its only 20 years old I am sure its just fine. If you are realy worried when you build the stand the bigger the foot print the more you distribute the weight. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRENT Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I had a 210 in my living room and found when the kids and their friends jump around the floor would give a little and the tank would sway. So I went underneath and braced it. I would recommend it. Now I don't have to get after the kids for having fun. Do it now or it will be more work after the tank is in and full.(wife) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That is a nice clean crawl space with some decent head room I you have to work under the house thats the ticket right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Sounds like I might be going under the house in the next few days then...DOH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Personally I prefer glass because of scratch concerns, and the easy of the magnet cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 that age of home, you may have post and beam. i would check the structure bfore filloing. your looking at about 2400 pounds in a small area. that is not including the weight of the tank, stand hood, lights sump and water in the sump. i would definetly check it out. that is like parking a car insid your hous on a foot print of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 that age of home' date=' you may have post and beam. i would check the structure bfore filloing. your looking at about 2400 pounds in a small area. that is not including the weight of the tank, stand hood, lights sump and water in the sump. i would definetly check it out. that is like parking a car insid your hous on a foot print of the tank.[/quote'] This big tank idea is sounding better and better...lol Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I'm so glad Mike is a ironworker. Our place was build in 1963 and he has roughly 400+gallons of water running on one wall. He made sure we had iron beams running under that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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