SLERD

Hey Hi new to the site.....which is great.

I have learned so much already.

My question is to anyone who can help (terrors r us) looks like he would know. With a 180gal tank and

wood stand, about 2072lb or more, do I need to get an inspector to look at my house to see if it will be

safe? Is this something insurance companies want to know? So I need to put a rubber mat/pad, or blue

foam, under the tank - between stand?

From Central Alberta,

I have........

Just sold a 72 gal bowfront

33gal frogs & newts

33gal salamanders

44gal 2 bearded dragons

20 gal leapard gecko

20 empty, 10 empty

2 cockatiels

1 puggle - 5 puppies

Hello Slerd..........What length, width and height is the tank????

First of all requarding your stand...........I would put a piece of plywood 3/4inch thick

(same size as your tank) on top of the stand.... then get a blue piece of blue insulated

pad(like you were talking about) on top of that and finally another piece of plywood on top of the insulated pad....

before you place your tank on top.....(Note the thickness of the plywood could be

reduced to 1/2 inch, IMO)

Secondly, if the stand you have has feet then I would use some 2x6 studs underneath the entire length of the stand (front and back or side to side) also I would get some 4x4 metal squares (about1/4inch

thick) and place them between the feet and the 2x6 studs.

Now it is VERY IMPORTANT to place the tank against a wall with a concrete footing below

or near the center support beam of the house.

The 2x6 studs that run under the feet of the tank have to be placed the opposite

direction of your house trusses(the 2x8 studs holding up your house)

example; if your house trusses are running north & south then run your 2x6 studs

east and west....This gives it alot more strength

............the weight of the tank will be distributed over more studs.....

I had a 240 gal tank (6ftx2ftx3ft) set up in this manner in a town house and it was fine...

But I am not a structural engineer so I would look in the yellow pages and get

their advise......always better safe than sorry....also the safety issues.....

exploding tanks could kill...........

I had all my tanks insured for property damage and it was not expensive....

I would just tell them the exact facts and you will have one less worry....

good luck .................

First off ...thank you so much. I had so many questions, about this tank, and you have hit alot of

them right of the bat.

I would sure like to hear the story about "Exploding tanks can kill" I hope that kids weren't

involved, Iam sure the fish were.?

- Tank is 25" wide, 74' Longe

- Yes I will be informing my insurance company about this tank, with a report from the house

inspector.

- My tank stand has a decrative edge 2" deep so your suggestion of the plywood, then insulated

pad will work without seeing the blue foam. Maybe thats what that 2" lip is for.

- The base doesn't have feet, it has support wood straight down on all 4 sides, I haven't flipped it over

yet to see if it is as you described. I will need help to look at that. If the stand has no feet do I still

need to re-enforce?

- The tank will go on the outside wall of the 2nd floor, above the concrete footings, and I will move the

the tank to were the center support beam is.........THANKS

- Thanks for the info on the studs....I get studs!

- I wish I had learned all this from the guy I bought it from. Why does everybody say bigger is better?

Till the next set of questions....bye

Hey Hi new to the site.....which is great.

I have learned so much already.

My question is to anyone who can help (terrors r us) looks like he would know. With a 180gal tank and

wood stand, about 2072lb or more, do I need to get an inspector to look at my house to see if it will be

safe? Is this something insurance companies want to know? So I need to put a rubber mat/pad, or blue

foam, under the tank - between stand?

From Central Alberta,

I have........

Just sold a 72 gal bowfront

33gal frogs & newts

33gal salamanders

44gal 2 bearded dragons

20 gal leapard gecko

20 empty, 10 empty

2 cockatiels

1 puggle - 5 puppies

Hi everyone, I'm from edmonton and am glad to find a forum of this caliber from Alberta!!!

I have had fish over the years but I am just getting started again.

I'm going to build a 1000gal tank next year and am trying to get as much info and contacts as

possible. I have had large tanks before: 600gal,250gal and two 150gal....

The fish I have kept in the past were, arrowanas, red tail cats, clown knifes,plecos a few africans,

red terrors,jaguars,red deils,green terrors,buterkofries,trimac's and synspilums.......

I am looking forward to this wed site. your friend, terrors r us