im coming up to a move into a new house in a couple of weeks, the problem is i dont no how strong the floor will need to be for my 850l tank..

is there any guidelines/rules in the strengh in the floor? any way to test the floor for strength?

any help appersiated

get 12+ people to stand in one spot and jump up and down? :lol:

haha and if it fails 12+ people fall through the floor :oops:

Should be strong enough.

Let's say you are having a party at your house very full of people, you can't really imagine any parts of the floor giving away.

Realistically it will weight not 800Kg but more towards 900Kg, there's also the gravel and other things that go with it.

one night with a house full of people is alot different to the long term weight of a large tank though.

would pay to find out what year the house was built and what the regulations were for then with regards to floor strength, 850L is a very very heavy tank.

Find floor beams. Make sure the tank is centred on these & has a SOLID BASE - IE, its not on any type of "legs", but instead on solid wood / metal bracing all round the floor.

I have a tank setup which I estimate to be a 1000kg which is on a stand with eight legs, this equates to 125kg per leg or 30kg per sq cm. When I was asking the same question as you, I was told that the force per sq cm of a woman in stilettos is greater than that of an elephant . Would you be happy with a group of women in high heels standing where your fish tank is going to be ?

Some things you need to consider are the type of floor? how far apart the joists and the piles are? is the tank going next to a load bearing wall?

Most of the sites I saw that mentioned strengthening floors seemed to be referring to apartments in older buildings in the U.S. and you can imagine the potential law suits their advice was meant to prevent :-? .

Depending on your stand, I would guess that you will be o.k. 8)

(note: no liability is accepted should you heed my dvice :lol: )

get a builder or someone-in-the-know, to check out the joists etc. you might have to get the floor strengthened up. safer then 800ltrs of water going missing and a massive hole where the tank was meant to be. :lol:

YAY! Ive been looking for this article for ages and ages and ages and I finally found it.. It takes for ever to read but may answer some questions for you

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a ... weight.php

I had to have a wee giggle... if 'quack' is a he .. he might be perfectly happy to have a group of women in stilettos standing where his tank should go :lol:

thanks everyone.

ryanjury thats a really good artical, goes on a bit but im glad ive read it and now have some idea on were the best places is for it and how to strenghen the floor