215 gallon tank on second floor? floor support?

[nkarisny]

will my second floor be ok if i place a215 g tank against wall of staircase . House is 7000 sq feet has basement and third floor. The stand and tank are on way.This tank looks like the one on the way. It will be a salt water tank w rocks, corals and fish.

also measurements 72x24x32

 

[cmac330]

You should get a reply here but I would recommend posting this in the DIY forum as well

 

[4tanks]

As above and maybe get an engineer becuase all anyone here can do is guess whats under the floor. 215 us gallons is about 800 kg of water plus probably another 200 litres in sump another 200kg. Then add the tank and stand and rock and sand and equipment will be pushing well over a tonne in weight.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

I wouldn’t put that on a floor without consulting an engineer period. Basement might be fine but that is a literal ton of weight

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Agree on contacting an engineer. Unless that beast is on a concrete slab (which won’t be the case on a residential 2nd floor), you’re going to need to seriously reinforce that floor

 

[nkarisny]

got yes its good

 

[Billldg]

I am upgrading my tank to a 225 on the main floor, which happens to actually be the 2nd floor because I have a basement, I will support the main floor with a header and a stud wall in the basement. Most of the weight will be on a reinforced concrete wall, I will support the floor joist. I will probably do it this weekend. Depending on how quick you need an answer, I will post what I did in my new upgrade thread. If you look at the beginning of my 120 gal thread you can get an idea of what I will do, only I will double it for my new tank which will be twice as heavy.

 

[nkarisny]

Agree on contacting an engineer. Unless that beast is on a concrete slab (which won’t be the case on a residential 2nd floor), you’re going to need to seriously reinforce that floor

mine is concrete basement

 

[BeltedCoyote]

mine is concrete basement

Okay, then we can safely say you could place the tank in the basement. You should still contact an engineer to check the actual load bearing capability of that second floor just in case. Maybe that floor could hold your tank. But if that floor is not able to deal with that weight, that’s soo very much potential damage and issues to deal with. You’re better off double checking first.

 

[F i s h y]

agree with the advice of contacting a structural engineer. Good luck with the tank. Be sure to put a build thread together.