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| Posted | 4ft Fish tank upstairs? |
| 09-07-2007 20:33 by xkelz15x |
hey everyone, im new to this whole fishkeeping thing. At the moment i have a small fish tank i think its about 20 maybe 30L, the dimensions are 38cm x 26cm x 25cm, one of my platies has had babies, and im wantin a bigger tank, mainly for this reason, and just because i want a bigger tank, I have been offered a 4ft Juwel tank for £90 and they paid £160, it has never been used, i thought this was a real good bargain and i really want it, however im only allowed to keep the fish in my upstairs bedroom, i live in a victorian house, and my mum said that the floorboards(being wooden) probably wouldnt take the weight of this tank :S... does anyone know if it will or not? my mum knows naff all so im not taking any notice of her, thought id ask you experts lol.
thanks kelly |
| 09-07-2007 20:38 by Woz |
hmmmmm....it have said the same as i did in the other thread but with the house being victorian, i wouldnt like to suggest anything |
| 09-07-2007 20:55 by xkelz15x |
ok thanks, would you think botling it to the wall would be ok? bearing in mind my walls are wood chip |
| 09-07-2007 21:28 by telboy |
lift the carpet, check that where ya want the tank, that the floorboards dont run parallel with the tank ie youre looking at tank against wall the floorboards should run towards you, lay a bit of timber[mdf or similar]where the tanks going on floor then put the stand on top of this, the weight will then be dispersed evenly this will do the trick, old victorian floor boards are thicker than newuns |
| 09-07-2007 21:42 by Danny Boy |
go with telboys advice. them old Victorian houses are rock solid. its not till you get to Gerry built homes or listed homes you have to worry. |
| 09-07-2007 21:44 by xkelz15x |
ok, im gonna b kinda rude and ask how u no that, i need 2 b 100% sure this is gonna work cos my mum may jus murder me if it goes through the ceiling, what with when the water is in the tank it will be majorly heavy and also where i want the tank the floorboards run horrizontally not vertically under the tank is that ok or not? if that makes sense? |
| 09-07-2007 22:01 by bluboy |
itll be fine. ive had more than that and it was fine for ages until i moved it
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| 09-07-2007 22:12 by xkelz15x |
oh and i do have a computer, double bed, heavy bedside table with 30L tank on at the moment, a big 4 chest of drawers with a TV, dvd player, video player, XBOX and games and another 30 maybe 40L fish tank. Thanks |
| 10-07-2007 07:42 by tank busters |
if u r worried about the amount of stuff in ya room aswell,ill give ya a pound for ya xbox so that will help lol |
| 10-07-2007 09:38 by Alan |
Go with Telboy but also how much water does the tank hold 4 foot can mean many things in terms of volume.
Being a Victorian house I suspect the joists will be supported by bricks and not these stupid metal joist hangers that are used in modern builds but you definately need to double check. To work out the rough weight of the tank establish how many litres it will hold and this will roughly equal how many kilos the tank will weigh when full generally speaking the weight of the tank when empty is insignificant compared to when full. |
| 10-07-2007 10:10 by D.R. |
Dont worry xkelz15x if your mum murders you we'll all go to your funeral.
Some people would have an office upstairs, a full height book case crammed full of books will be just as heavy as a 4ft tank of water. |
| 10-07-2007 16:39 by xkelz15x |
well there are some really nice people out there lol, im glad you'll all come to my funeral lol. and the person saying a pound my xbox, i might just say... erm ... NO lol, you can have it when my mum has murdered me. So really everyone thinks that it could work, and also the volume is about 220L i think :S
thanks guys, but keep posting  i need to convince my mum  |
| 10-07-2007 22:19 by stuart |
Ok so i dont live in a victorian house, but i have over 500L of water in tanks in my bedroom, my room is in the loft which has been converted but not the proper way with steels, i just doubled up the existing joist to make them 8"x2". If im right with it being an old house the joist's should be about 8"x2" anyway. I would say definately go with it, but do the checks Telboy mentioned earlier. |
| 11-07-2007 09:33 by Alan |
Your looking at a total weight of about 250 kilos then including tank cabinet and decor. |
| 26-07-2007 12:14 by von |
DB is a builder |
| 26-07-2007 13:31 by telboy |
blimey von, where you been hiding? |
| 27-07-2007 11:08 by von |
DB has had me chained to the kitchen sink  |
| 27-07-2007 16:12 by perky |
More like chained to the fishtank stand so you can do hes water changes for him....
lmfao @ DB a buider whats that bob the builder...
You can see it now D & B builders (dodge it & bodge it) |
| 30-07-2007 10:13 by von |
ahh, leave him alone, poor little lamb |
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