Fish Tank On Second Floor Apartment

55 gallons of fresh water weighs about 460 pounds.

Fish tank on second floor apartment.

The apartment complex says they have no policy against it but i d hate to be the cause of a policy against it. I live in a over 50 year old house and have 2 55 gal 2 35 gal 1 15 gal tanks. This was because they person below me knocked on my door one night and told me he noticed that the drywall on the ceiling was starting to crack. I live on the ground floor now but i m embarrassed to even tell you how many 55 gallon tanks plus a 100 gallon tank i had in my second floor apartment.

If you live on a second floor apartment or in any form of housing where you rent or lease there may be provisions against waterbeds and fish tanks laid out in your agreement. Someone in the forum asks if they think it is possible to place a 120 gallon tank on the second floor of their apartment. I m wondering if a 75 gallon fish tank and a 55 gallon fish tank will be safe to put there. That is the sturdiest points in the floor.

It s a small apartment so a huge tank would look out of place. Let it suffice to say you aren t likely to have any problem. Hey all i m moving into an apartment in a couple of months and it ll be on the 2nd floor. Make sure that the floor is level.

A hose on the return pump came loose and the pump pumped the sump dry shooting water out of the stand. Put the tanks on an exterrier wall or a support wall. I ve had a 125 gallon aquarium in my bedroom for years. Add 50 pounds of live rock and let s say 25 pounds of sand.

But that being said when i first started keepin fish i stepped up to a 125 gal tank quickly and put it in my second floor apartment and within a week i was taking it down. It dumped probably 30 gallons onto the floor and into the old lady s apartment below. I used to have a 150 gal fish only tank in a second floor apartment. The answers inevitably go something like this.

But since i m on the 2nd floor i m thinking that weight would be a limiting factor before physical size height width and depth. The worst disaster would be if the tank fell over because the floor had settled.