Fish Tank Wood Floors

First the weight of your aquarium bears on the subfloor.

Fish tank wood floors.

The same basic principles would apply to a 150 gallon as would apply to a 125 gallon with considerations about placement and identifying load bearing structures being important to the decision making process. On top of this is the weight of the tank very heavy cabinet filters etc plus in the tank is some gravel and. If you have a bending failure in your floor joists then the wood will pull apart at the bottom of the joist near the mid span of the joist. I am know i am bit messy so really fish tank and hardwood floor in same area a bad idea but that they way it goes.

Can my floor support a 150 gallon fish tank. Hardwood floor and fish tank. Just wondering what you do if anything to protect the floor. Thread starter 1 anthonysharpe new member.

As with the 125 gallon tank there is much to consider before opting for such a large setup. Maybe worth having a check of the condition of the boards where the new tank will be kept have a check for any wood worm in the floor boards and also the joists below. From my experience it doesn t cause a problem if it dries. For the most part this is of little concern unless it permanently puts a dent into your beautiful hardwood floors.

Freshwater aquarium fish forum. Is a 60 gallon tank safe for laminate wood flooring. Had new hardwood floors installed last week and now i am ready to put my tank back in place. I splash water on the floor a lot when i move decor around or do a water change.

Thread starter anthonysharpe start date mar 26 2014. Just to be safe. Some place in my room had some kind of leak a few years ago from the heater not a fish tank heater and some a few of the floorboards got loose. Recently my house was redone with laminate flooring and i was wondering if a 60 gallon 500.

75 gallon aga with lifereef compact refugium 2 sump 2 t5 ho w individual reflector and 2 175 watt mh canopy retrofit kit geo 612 calcium reactor with masterflex and litermeter 3 water exchange system. I would personally remove the whole section of floorboards under the tank and replace as clive proposed with a section of marine plywood this is extremely. Perhaps you can build some type of low profile pedestal to rest the aquarium on so it is not directly on the hardwood floor.