Fish tank upstairs

[LeightonBuzzard]

HI everyone hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years . I am now debating to get a 300 litre fish tank for the bedroom. I am unsure if the floor will be strong enough? Any idea how much the whole lot will weigh? Thanks, Tom

[Silver993tt]

LeightonBuzzard said:

HI everyone hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years . I am now debating to get a 300 litre fish tank for the bedroom. I am unsure if the floor will be strong enough? Any idea how much the whole lot will weigh? Thanks, Tom

Well, the water will weigh 300Kg.

[pacman1]

Go for it Tom, it'll be absolutley fine.









snigger!

[IainZ]

LeightonBuzzard said:

HI everyone hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years . I am now debating to get a 300 litre fish tank for the bedroom. I am unsure if the floor will be strong enough? Any idea how much the whole lot will weigh? Thanks, Tom

A lot!

Water weighs 1Kg per litre. The tank itself will weigh 60-80Kg at a guess (I have a 4ft 250 litre tank & it takes two of us to lift it. The stand might then weigh 30-50Kg or so.

...and then there is the sand/rock/gravel you might put in it.

You could well be looking at 450Kg+ which sounds like a hell of a lot, but ....

....its the same as 5 or 6 reasonable sized men so on that basis it should be OK. However, I think ideally you'd want to check the orientation of the joists in the floor & make sure the tank was spanning several of them rather than running lengthways down just one or two joists if that makes sense. It would also be better near an outside wall.

If in doubt, get a builder/engineer to take a look.

[LeightonBuzzard]

IainZ said:

LeightonBuzzard said:

HI everyone hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years . I am now debating to get a 300 litre fish tank for the bedroom. I am unsure if the floor will be strong enough? Any idea how much the whole lot will weigh? Thanks, Tom

A lot!

Water weighs 1Kg per litre. The tank itself will weigh 60-80Kg at a guess (I have a 4ft 250 litre tank & it takes two of us to lift it. The stand might then weigh 30-50Kg or so.

...and then there is the sand/rock/gravel you might put in it.

You could well be looking at 450Kg+ which sounds like a hell of a lot, but ....

....its the same as 5 or 6 reasonable sized men so on that basis it should be OK. However, I think ideally you'd want to check the orientation of the joists in the floor & make sure the tank was spanning several of them rather than running lengthways down just one or two joists if that makes sense. It would also be better near an outside wall.

If in doubt, get a builder/engineer to take a look.

Yes it will be near an outside wall and inner wall, i've been downstairs looking at it all; when you say 450kg like you said it does sound a lot but it is only the weight of a few men..

Thanks

[Jasandjules]

LeightonBuzzard said:

HI everyone hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years . I am now debating to get a 300 litre fish tank for the bedroom. I am unsure if the floor will be strong enough? Any idea how much the whole lot will weigh? Thanks, Tom

Around half a tonne all in I would have thought with cabinet and rock etc.

Can you put it across the floorboards?

[LeightonBuzzard]

Yeh it will be across rather than along them

[ShiggyBiggs]

Ive got a 200 litre fish tank in my bedroom which is upstairs. Its against the wall going across the beams in the floor. Its grand, got a 300l to replace it with soon.

[Jasandjules]

LeightonBuzzard said:

Yeh it will be across rather than along them

Across a couple of floorboards (or joists) should be ok then as the weight will be spread out.

[kazste]

Check the make up of the tank, as some have studs which would take away the fact that the weight would be spread. If it can be spread then probably okay if across the beams, but I would be checking with a professional to make sure, and insurance.